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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1963		Date: 2005-03-30
Title:	Windows XP IE HTML Help ActiveX control Cross Domain Vulnerability
Description:	Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the "Related Topics" command in the Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) to open a Help popup window containing the PCHealth tools.htm file in the local zone and injecting Javascript to be executed, as demonstrated using "writehta.txt" and the ADODB recordset, which saves a .HTA file to the local system, aka the "HTML Help ActiveX control Cross Domain Vulnerability."
Version:	1	Class:	vulnerability
Status:	ACCEPTED	Reference(s):	CVE-2004-1043
Family:	windows
Platform(s):	Microsoft Windows XP	Product(s):	Windows XP
Definition Synopsis:
Software section Windows XP is installed AND NOT the patch kb890175 is installed AND A vulnerable version of hhctrl.ocx exists on Windows XP Windows XP SP1 or earlier and version of hhctrl.ocx is less than 5.2.3790.233 NOT Win2K/XP/2003 service pack 2 (or later) is installed AND the version of hhctrl.ocx is less than 5.2.3790.233 OR Windows XP SP2 or later and version of hhctrl.ocx is less than 5.2.3790.1280 Win2K/XP/2003 service pack 2 (or later) is installed AND the version of hhctrl.ocx is less than 5.2.3790.1280 AND Configuration section ActiveX controls and active scripting are enabled current user settings are being used and ActiveX controls and active scripting are enabled NOT use machine settings rather than individual user settings AND ActiveX controls are enabled for the current user AND active scripting is enabled for the current user OR local machine settings are being used and ActiveX controls and active scripting are enabled use machine settings rather than individual user settings AND ActiveX controls are enabled for the local machine AND active scripting is enabled for the local machine

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