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CVE-2004-0474

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16

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

• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

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

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