Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp
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 topic parameter in an hcp:// URL. NOTE: since the initial report of this problem, several researchers have been unable to reproduce this issue.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.162 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.162 · newest: 0.162 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/9621 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15101 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0688.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/353248 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0450.html (mailing-list)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0440.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)