CVE-2004-0474

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Published May 20, 2004 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 16.2% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

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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n/a

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

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 16.2% (16.205% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:17 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 20, 2004, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:17 AM
Reserved: May 14, 2004, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:05 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 7, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:05 PM

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