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CVE-2004-0474
Help Center (HelpCtr.exe) may allow remote attackers to read or execute arbitrary files via an "http://" or "file://" argument to the…
Medium5.1EPSS 16.2%
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- mitre
Description
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.
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)
- 16.2% · top 3.1% 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
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 9621 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- winxp-helpctr-hcp-xss(15101) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040213 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20040207 HelpCtr - allow open any page or run (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20040210 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20040211 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20040210 Re: HelpCtr - allow open any page or run (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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)
Record last updated .