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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2004-0475 json

The showHelp function in Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP Pro allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local .CHM files via a double b…

published 2004-05-20 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0474

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.0%
EPSS 10.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Exploit prediction

10.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10348 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363202 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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