{"cve":"CVE-2004-1043","nvd":{"published":"2004-12-31T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:06:54.360","status":"Modified","description":"Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the \"Related Topics\" command in the Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) to open a Help popup window containing the PCHealth tools.htm file in the local zone and injecting Javascript to be executed, as demonstrated using \"writehta.txt\" and the ADODB recordset, which saves a .HTA file to the local system, aka the \"HTML Help ActiveX control Cross Domain Vulnerability.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0426.html","http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972415","http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-012B.html","https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-001","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18311"],"products":["microsoft:internet_explorer","microsoft:windows_xp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:37:11.487553034+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2004-1043","score":0.44984,"percentile":0.98781,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}