CVE-2003-0907

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 21.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-04-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-88

Description

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

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
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/020065.html

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