Vulnerability in Microsoft HTML Help Workshop
CVE-2007-0427
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Help Workshop 4.03.0002 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a help project (.HPJ) file with a long HLP field in the OPTIONS section.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.312 (98.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.312 · newest: 0.312 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft HTML Help Workshop — versions 4.03.0002
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22135 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/2177 (third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/31899 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/23862 (third-party-advisory)
- www.anspi.pl/~porkythepig/visualization/hpj-x01.cpp (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457436/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)