CVE-2010-1885 (GCVE-0-2010-1885)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-06-14 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 01:35
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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 via a crafted hcp:// URL, aka "Help Center URL Validation Vulnerability."
References
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/578319 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511774/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59267 vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511783/100/0/threaded mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/06/10/help-and-support-center-vulnerability-full-disclosure-posting.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40725 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0197.html mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024084 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13808 exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx x_refsource_MISC
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2219475.mspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.html third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11733 vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1417 vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-042 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
http://secunia.com/advisories/40076 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a n/a Version: n/a
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