CVE-2003-0907 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Server 2003 Subscribe Windows Xp Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2003-0907

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0907

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-88

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