CVE-2004-0475

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.1
Exploit probability96. percentile10%
ProductMicrosoft Ie
PublishedJul 7, 2004
First seenJul 7, 2004

How to fix

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft ie6.0—

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CVE-2004-0475 · Microsoft Ie · Dark Radar