CVE-2004-0475

MediumCVSS 5.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Jul 7, 2004
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2004-0475: Medium severity, CVSS 5.1 | Vulnix