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CVE-2004-0199

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.1)—

Help and Support Center in Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 SP1 does not properly validate HCP URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using certain hcp:// URLs that access the DVD Upgrade capability (dvdupgrd.htm).

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (2)

Microsoft — Windows 2003 ServerMicrosoft — Windows XP

CWEs

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