CVE-2003-0009

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-09-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Help and Support Center for Microsoft Windows Me allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in the Local Computer security context via an hcp:// URL with the malicious script in the topic parameter.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Me: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104636383018686&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-047.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11425.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/489721
http://www.osvdb.org/6074
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6966
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-006
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104636383018686&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-047.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11425.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/489721
http://www.osvdb.org/6074

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