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CVE-2004-0985

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2004-12-31 Modified: 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 Platforms

Microsoft Ie

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References