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VID 28652
Severity 40
Port 139,445
Protocol TCP
Class SMB
Detailed Description The Hotfix(KB890175) for 'Vulnerability in HTML Help' has not been applied.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 running on Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to a cross-domain vulnerability. A cross-domain vulnerability exists in HTML Help ActiveX control that could allow information disclosure or remote code execution on an affected system. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by constructing a malicious Web page that could potentially allow remote code execution if an user visited that page. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.

* Note: This check requires an account with Guest or upper privileges which can access the registry of the remote host to scan. Absence of these condition will result in the check not being performed and a False Negative for all vulnerable hosts.

* References:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-001.mspx
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-12/0426.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-11/0376.html
http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0412-exploits/MSXPSP2-ieEXP.txt

* Platforms Affected:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me
Microsoft Windows 2000 Any version SP4
Microsoft Windows XP Any version SP2
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Any version
Recommendation Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-001 at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-001.mspx

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Patches for Windows platforms are also available from the Microsoft Windows Update Web site, http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com . Windows Update detects what version of Windows you are running and offers the appropriate patch.
Related URL CVE-2004-1043 (CVE)
Related URL 11770 (SecurityFocus)
Related URL 18311 (ISS)