CVE-2004-0474

Severity

51%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

106%

Help Center (HelpCtr.exe) may allow remote attackers to read or execute arbitrary files via an "http://" or "file://" argument to the topic parameter in an hcp:// URL. NOTE: since the initial report of this problem, several researchers have been unable to reproduce this issue.

Help Center (HelpCtr.exe) may allow remote attackers to read or execute arbitrary files via an "http://" or "file://" argument to the topic parameter in an hcp:// URL. NOTE: since the initial report of this problem, several researchers have been unable to reproduce this issue.

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

Type

Microsoft Windows XP

First reported 20 years ago

2004-07-07 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:30:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Home Edition

References

20040210 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

20040210 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run

20040213 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run

20040211 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run

20040207 HelpCtr - allow open any page or run

Exploit

9621

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

winxp-helpctr-hcp-xss(15101)

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