CVE-2004-0474
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.
- EPSS
- 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_xp
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0440.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0450.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-02/0688.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107652584102003&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/353248