CVE-2003-0907

Severity

51%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

106%

Help and Support Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 does not properly validate HCP URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via quotation marks in an hcp:// URL, which are not quoted when constructing the argument list to HelpCtr.exe.

Help and Support Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 does not properly validate HCP URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via quotation marks in an hcp:// URL, which are not quoted when constructing the argument list to HelpCtr.exe.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2004-06-01 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:33:00

Affected Software

Microsoft windows xp_sp1 tablet_pc

References

20040413 Microsoft Help and Support Center argument injection vulnerability

20040413 [Full-Disclosure] iDEFENSE Security Advisory 04.13.04 - Microsoft Help and Support

O-114

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=100&type=vulnerabilities

VU#260588

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

10119

TA04-104A

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

MS04-011

win-hcpurl-code-execution(15704)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1000

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:904

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