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CVE-2004-0475

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-05-20 · updated 2026-06-16

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

• Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363202
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10348
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16147
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363202
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10348
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16147

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