ID CVE-2004-0474
Summary 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.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:home:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.1 (as of 11-07-2017 - 01:30)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK HIGH NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
PARTIAL PARTIAL PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
refmap via4
bid 9621
bugtraq
  • 20040207 HelpCtr - allow open any page or run
  • 20040211 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run
fulldisc
  • 20040210 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run
  • 20040213 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run
xf winxp-helpctr-hcp-xss(15101)
Last major update 11-07-2017 - 01:30
Published 07-07-2004 - 04:00
Last modified 11-07-2017 - 01:30
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