CVE-2004-0475

The showHelp function in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP Pro allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local .CHM files via a double backward slash ("\\") before the target CHM file, as demonstrated using an "ms-its" URL to ntshared.chm. NOTE: this bug may overlap CVE-2003-1041.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.1 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2004-07-07

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Ie (Microsoft)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363202
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10348
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16147