Exploitation Summary
CVE-2004-1043 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including Paul.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a vulnerability in the HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file. It uses JavaScript and VBScript to download and execute a malicious payload, achieving remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable systems.
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."
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a vulnerability in the HTML Help ActiveX control (hhctrl.ocx) to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML file. It uses JavaScript and VBScript to download and execute a malicious payload, achieving remote code execution (RCE) on vulnerable systems.