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CVE-2002-0823in critical feed1 exploit

Buffer overflow in Winhlp32.exe allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document that calls the HTML Help ActiveX con…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
26.2%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in Winhlp32.exe allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document that calls the HTML Help ActiveX control (HHCtrl.ocx) with a long pathname in the Item parameter.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

26.17% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-21485 Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0 - WinHlp Item Buffer Overflow · remote · 2002-05-27

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/4857 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /2991 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/9746.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • support.microsoft.com /default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3Bq293338 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MSKB, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=102822806329440&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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