5253 : Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center Command Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
7	516	over 7 years ago	about 1 year ago	2 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2003-11-05	2004-01-19	2004-01-23	2004-04-13	2004-04-13

Time to Exploit	Time to Vendor Response
160 days	4 days

Description

Windows contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The issue is due to Help and Support Center not properly sanitizing user input supplied as part of the HCP:// URL variable. This may allow an attacker to include a file from a remote host that contains arbitrary commands which will be executed by the vulnerable script.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Windows	XP
		XP SP1
		XP 64-Bit SP1
		XP 64-Bit Edition 2003
		2003 Server x64
		2003 Server

References

OVAL ID: 1000 904
Security Tracker: 1009752
Secunia Advisory ID: 11064
ISS X-Force ID: 15818
CVE ID: 2003-0907 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 260588
Related OSVDB ID: 5248 5249 5250 5251 5252 5254 5255 5256 5257 5258 5259 5260 5261
SCIP VulDB ID: 604
Mail List Post: http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-April/020065.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=100&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS04-011
CIAC Advisory: o-114
US-CERT Cyber Security Alert: TA04-104A

Tools & Filters

	12209

Credit

Jouko Pynnonen - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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