CVE-2003-0907

N/A
Published: April 16, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows Server 2003

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 22%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (11)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108196864221676&w=2
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIACBroken Link
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-114.shtml
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/260588
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10119
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTBroken LinkUS Government Resource
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-88

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