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CVE-2003-0907
Help and Support Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 does not properly validate HCP URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute…
Medium5.1EPSS 21.9%
- Published
- Updated
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 21.9% · top 2.4% 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 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- O-114 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- VU#260588 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 10119 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1000 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MS04-011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA04-104A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20040413 Microsoft Help and Support Center argument injection vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20040413 [Full-Disclosure] iDEFENSE Security Advisory 04.13.04 - Microsoft Help and Support (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=100&type=vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- win-hcpurl-code-execution(15704) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
Record last updated .