Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp

CVE-2001-0909

Buffer overflow in helpctr.exe program in Microsoft Help Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long hcp: URL.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.197 (97.3th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2001-0909: held from 0.197 to 0.197.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.197 · newest: 0.197 · change: 0.000

Affected products

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