6.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2003-0009

Published: 07/03/2003 Updated: 12/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 685
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

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

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Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/6966/info The Microsoft Windows ME Help and Support Center is prone to a buffer overflow This is due to insufficient bounds checking on input supplied through the HCP URI parameter An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by making a HCP request with an overly long string This will trigger the overflo ...