CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
97.6%
There is a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Help and Support Center that could permit an attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
The Microsoft Help and Support Center is a facility within WIndows to provide product help and documentation. Among other things, the Help and Support Center handles hcp protocol requests. According to Microsoft, “there is an unchecked buffer in an associated file used by the HCP protocol. This file is used by the Help and Support Center feature and is invoked automatically when HSC is launched.” By convincing a user to follow a link or visit or view a malicious web page, an attacker can use this buffer overflow to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-044. This vulnerability is distinct from those diclosed in MS03-006 and MS02-060.
An attacker can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
Apply a patch as described in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-044.
Until a patch can be applied, you can limit your exposure to this vulnerability through the following steps:
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Updated: October 16, 2003
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See Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-044.
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Our thanks to Microsoft for the information contained in their bulletin. Microsoft credited David Litchfield of NGSS for discovering the vulnerability.
This document was written by Shawn Hernan, based on information provided by Microsoft.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2003-0711 |
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Severity Metric: | 31.64 Date Public: |