CVE-2003-0907 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2004-04-16

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 33.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.3377.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/020065.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108196864221676&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-114.shtml
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=100&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/260588
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10119
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-104A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-011
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15704
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1000
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A904

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-04-16T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:34.413Z

Reserved: 2003-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0907

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-06-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0907

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-88

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