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Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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SA10013

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Release Date:

2003-10-15

Last Update:

2003-10-23

Popularity:

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Critical:

Highly critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows Millenium
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
Microsoft has issued patches for Microsoft Windows to fix a vulnerability in the Help and Support Center.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the file associated with the HCP protocol. This can be exploited via the HCP protocol on Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows 2003 through Internet Explorer or Outlook to cause a buffer overflow.

Other versions of Microsoft Windows do not support the HCP protocol and there are therefore no known attack vector. Microsoft states that the vulnerability is not believed to be exploitable on those versions, even though the vulnerable code is included.

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