CVE-2003-0907

critical

Description

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.

References

Advisories
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15704

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/260588

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108196864221676&w=2

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-011

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-06-01

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.42335