Microsoft Help Files (.CHM): 'Locked File' Feature Bypass

No description provided by source. Changes made with Windows XP introduced additional origin validation for files downloaded from the Internet when saved to an NTFS volume. This 'feature' is present in Windows XP, Vista and 7. When a user downloads a .CHM file using Internet Explorer or another...

Microsoft Help Files (.CHM): 'Locked File' Feature Bypass

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Microsoft Help Workshop HPJ OPTIONS Section Buffer Overflow (CVE-2007-0427)

The Microsoft Help Workshop product is a development tool that allows the design and development of help files frequently packaged with Windows based applications. The program is used to author help content and package it in Microsoft Help files such as HLP. There exists a buffer overflow...

MS KB2219475: Windows Help Center hcp:// Protocol Handler Arbitrary Code Execution

If a remote attacker can trick a user on the affected host into accessing a malicious web page containing specially crafted 'hcp://' URLs, an as-yet unpatched vulnerability in Windows Help and Support Center that arises due to its failure to validate URLs that use the HCP protocol could be...

Cross site scripting

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted help: URL, related to "URL parameters in HTML content."...

CVE-2010-1373

CVE-2010-1373 : Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4 contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Help Viewer. A crafted help: URL can inject arbitrary web script or HTML due to issues with URL parameters in HTML content, enabling remote HTML/script injection. Affected component: Help View...

CVE-2010-1373

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in Help Viewer in Apple Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted help: URL, related to "URL parameters in HTML content."...

Vulnerability: be wary of“help and Support Center”uninvited-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Microsoft has just released 6 months patch, Windows XP it also exposed a new HCP Protocol vulnerabilities. After 3 6 0 Security Center to verify, when the Windows XP users use IE series browsers open hung it to the web, or playing“the infected”of the music file, the PC will automatically...

Mike Mimoso on Targeted Attacks and the Google-Microsoft Controversy

Dennis Fisher talks with Mike Mimoso of SearchSecurity.com and Information Security magazine about the current spate of highly targeted attacks, the silliness of the term cyberwar and the controversy surrounding the disclosure of the Windows Help Center flaw. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65...

Attackers Exploiting Windows Help Center Flaw

Researchers have found evidence that attackers are exploiting the vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support Center that was at the center of so much controversy last week. The flaw, which is in the protocol handler related to the Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center, was disclosed late...

CVE-2010-2290

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in cgi-bin/cgix/help in McAfee Unified Threat Management UTM Firewall formerly SnapGear firmware 3.0.0 through 4.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page parameter...

CVE-2010-1885

The MPC::HexToNum function in helpctr.exe in Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 does not properly handle malformed escape sequences, which allows remote attackers to bypass the trusted documents whitelist fromHCP option and execute arbitrary commands v...

Input validation

The MPC::HexToNum function in helpctr.exe in Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 does not properly handle malformed escape sequences, which allows remote attackers to bypass the trusted documents whitelist fromHCP option and execute arbitrary commands v...

Microsoft Help Center XSS and Command Execution

$Id: ms10xxxhelpctrxsscmdexec.rb 9518 2010-06-15 05:44:29Z jduck $ This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to redistribution and commercial restrictions. Please see the Metasploit Framework web site for more information on licensing and terms of use...

Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6.x that is prior to 10.6.4. Mac OS X 10.6.4 contains security fixes for the following components : - CUPS - DesktopServices - Flash Player plug-in - Folder Manager - Help Viewer - iChat - ImageIO - Kerberos - Kernel - libcurl - Network...

Windows Help and Support Center -FromHCP URL whitelist bypass

Added: 06/15/2010 CVE: CVE-2010-1885 BID: 40725 OSVDB: 65264 Background The Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center is a resource in Microsoft Windows operating systems for online help, support, tools, how-to articles, and other resources. Problem A vulnerability in Windows Help and Support...

CVE-2010-1885

The CVE-2010-1885 entry concerns the Windows Help and Support Center (HelpCtr) in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The vulnerability stems from the MPC::HexToNum function in helpctr.exe failing to properly handle malformed escape sequences, allowing a crafted hcp:// URL to bypass the trusted d...

CVE-2010-1885

The MPC::HexToNum function in helpctr.exe in Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 does not properly handle malformed escape sequences, which allows remote attackers to bypass the trusted documents whitelist fromHCP option and execute arbitrary commands v...

CVE-2010-2265

CVE-2010-2265 is an XSS in the GetServerName function of sysinfo/commonFunc.js within Windows Help and Support Center on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, exploitable via svr in sysinfo/sysinfomain.htm. It is paired with CVE-2010-1885, which covers HCP URL handling and can enable command execut...

Microsoft Windows Help Centre Handles Malformed Escape Sequences Incorrectly

Microsoft Windows Help Centre Handles Malformed Escape Sequences Incorrectly ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help and Support Centre is the default application provided to access online documentation for Microsoft Windows. Microsoft supports accessing...