CVE-2004-0474

critical

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15101

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107652584102003&w=2

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0688.html

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0450.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-07-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

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: 0.23366