Vulnerability CVE-2002-0823
Published: 2002-08-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows help 
Microsoft -> Windows 2000 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102822806329440&w=2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q293338
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9746.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4857
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