CVE-2004-0985

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Internet Explorer 6.x on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using a document with a draggable file type such as .xml, .doc, .py, .cdf, .css, .pdf, or .ppt, and using ADODB.Connection and ADODB.recordset to write to a .hta file that is interpreted in the Local Zone by HTML Help.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 6.0-sp2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109829111200055&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109830296130857&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=109828076802478&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17824
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109829111200055&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109830296130857&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=109828076802478&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17824

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