CVE-2004-0474 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2004-05-20

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 22.4% 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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:::home:::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::gold:professional:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp::sp1:home:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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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 0.224.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9621
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15101

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Xp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-05-20T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:15.249Z

Reserved: 2004-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0474

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-07-07T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-0474

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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