Googler Drops Windows Zero-Day, Microsoft Unhappy

Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy has set the cat among the “responsible disclosure” pigeons with the release of technical details of a zero-day vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center without giving Microsoft adequate time to prepare a patch. The vulnerabilit...

Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center URI processing vulnerability

Overview The Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center application fails to properly sanitize hcp:// URIs, which can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands. Description Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center is the default handler for the hcp protocol on Windows...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 'VBScript' RCE Vulnerability

Internet Explorer and VBScript are prone to a remote code execution RCE vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

Microsoft VBScript MsgBox Call with Malicious HLP File (CVE-2010-0483)

A remote code execution vulnerability has been discovered in the way that VBScript interacts with Windows Help files when using Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to the VBScript functionality available from within Internet Explorer that exposes the MsgBox function, allowing script on a...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory to Address VBScript Vulnerability

Microsoft has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in VBScript. The advisory indicates that this vulnerability exists in the way that VBScript interacts with Windows Help files when using Internet Explorer. By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document web page...

Microsoft Warns of New IE Code Execution Flaw

Microsoft’s security response team is investigating reports of a potentially dangerous code execution vulnerability in its flagship Internet Explorer browser. The company warned that an attacker could host a maliciously crafted web page and run arbitrary code if they could convince a user to visi...

Internet Explorer VBScript Windows Help arbitrary code execution

Overview Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution through the use of VBScript and Windows Help. Description Microsoft Internet Explorer supports the use of VBScript, in addition to the more widely-used JavaScript scripting language. Several VBScript commands allow a...

CVE-2006-1591

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded image data in a .hlp file...

Heap overflow

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded image data in a .hlp file...

CVE-2006-1591

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded image data in a .hlp file...

Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help(Q323255)

An unchecked buffer in Windows help could allow an attacker to could gain control over user's system. Maximum Severity Rating: Critical Recommendation: Customers should install the patch immediately. Affected Software: Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows...

[VulnWatch] eEye Advisory - EEYEB-20050316 - HTML Help File Parsing Buffer Overflow

EEYEB-20050316 - HTML Help File Parsing Buffer Overflow Release Date: June 14, 2005 Date Reported: March 16, 2005 Severity: High Remote Code Execution Vendor: Microsoft Systems Affected: Windows 98 / 98 SE Windows Me Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 / Service Pack 4 Windows XP Service Pack 1 / Service...

[Full-Disclosure] Remote code execution with parameters without user interaction, even with XP SP2

PoC called CMDExe: http://www.freewebs.com/shreddersub7/htm.htm Discussion: http://www.freewebs.com/shreddersub7/expl-discuss.htm ------------------Which systems are vulnerable?-------- Any system running any Microsoft Windows XP edition with Internet Explorer 6 or higher, even with SP2 applied...

[Full-Disclosure] MS04-015 - Windows Help Center - Dvdupgrade

------------------------------------------------------------ - EXPL-A-2003-027 exploitlabs.com Advisory 027 - ------------------------------------------------------------ - Windows Help Center - Dvdupgrade - OVERVIEW ======== "Help and Support Center HSC is a feature in Windows that provides help...

Windows Help Center Dvdupgrade code execution

It's possible to execute any code via local zone scripting...

MS03-044: Buffer Overrun in Windows Help (825119)

A security vulnerability exists in the Windows Help Service that could allow arbitrary code execution on an affected system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run code with Local System privileges on this host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if...

Windows Help buffer overflow

Buffer overflow on :LNK processing in .CNT files...

MS02-055: Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility Could Enable Code Execution (323255)

The remote host contains a version of the HTML Helpfacility ActiveX control module that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host by constructing a malicious web page and enticing a victim to visit it. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description...

Thor Larholm security advisory TL#004

Thor Larholm security advisory TL004 Topic: Windows Help buffer overflow HTML version: http://www.pivx.com/larholm/adv/TL004/ Discovery date: 31 July 2002 Release date: 4 October 2002 Affected applications Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows Millennium Editi...

Thor Larholm security advisory TL#004

Thor Larholm security advisory TL004 Topic: Windows Help buffer overflow Discovery date: 31 July 2002 Affected applications Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition...