Help and Support Center in Microsoft Windows XP SP1 does not properly validate HCP URLs, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via quotation marks in an hcp:// URL, which are not quoted when constructing the argument list to HelpCtr.exe.
Threat-Mapped Scoring
Score: 1.8
Priority: P4 - Informational (Low)
S9 – Sabotage of System/App
EPSS
Score: 0.42335 Percentile:
0.9731
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v2 Score: 5.1
Severity:
Mapped CWE(s)
CWE-88
: Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
All CAPEC(s)
CAPEC-137: Parameter Injection
CAPEC-174: Flash Parameter Injection
CAPEC-41: Using Meta-characters in E-mail Headers to Inject Malicious Payloads