Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 HHK File unknown vulnerability
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 6 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown processing of the component HHK File Handler. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:
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."
The weakness was presented 01/07/2005 by http-equiv with malware.com (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-1043 since 11/17/2004. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed by Paul and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 34 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16123 (MS05-001: HTML Help Code Execution (890175)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3148.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (18311), Tenable (16123) and Exploit-DB (719). See 916, 1097, 1099 and 22650 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Paul
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Nessus ID: 16123
Nessus Name: MS05-001: HTML Help Code Execution (890175)
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com
Snort ID: 3148
Snort Message: OS-WINDOWS Microsoft Windows HTML Help hhctrl.ocx clsid access attempt
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Timeline
10/20/2004 🔍11/17/2004 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: http-equiv
Organization: malware.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2004-1043 (🔍)
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X-Force: 18311
SecurityFocus: 11770 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Drag and Drop Vulnerability
Secunia: 12889 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 12840 - Microsoft Windows HTML Help Related Topics Arbitrary Command Execution
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 01/10/2005 13:40Updated: 03/10/2021 13:08
Changes: 01/10/2005 13:40 (70), 04/07/2017 12:01 (14), 03/10/2021 13:04 (8), 03/10/2021 13:08 (1)
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