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CVE-2002-0974
Help and Support Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a link to the hcp: protocol that accesses…
Medium5.0EPSS 15.0%
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- mitre
Description
Help and Support Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a link to the hcp: protocol that accesses uplddrvinfo.htm.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.0% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- MS02-060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 20020815 Delete arbitrary files using Help and Support Center [MSRC 1198dg] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5478 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- Q328940 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKBx_transferred
- 3001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- winxp-helpctr-delete-files(9878) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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