Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0475
CVE-2004-0475
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.
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363202nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/10348nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16147nvd
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