Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003

CVE-2003-0907

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.

EPSS: 0.219 (97.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (government-resource, Broken Link, x_refsource_CIAC, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Broken Link, x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
  • cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_CERT, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Broken Link)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)