Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0475 · published 7 July 2004

CVE-2004-0475: Microsoft ie vulnerability

Microsoft · Ie

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.

5.1 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 10% · top 4.5%

5.1CVSS 2.0 base score

10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

6References, 4 tagged exploit

16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Ie Microsoft

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363202	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10348	ExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16147
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/363202	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10348	ExploitVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16147

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0475), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.