CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
92.1%
The HTML Help facility in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP uses the Local Computer Security Zone when opening .chm files from the Temporary Internet Files folder, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via HTML mail that references or inserts a malicious .chm file containing shortcuts that can be executed, aka “Code Execution via Compiled HTML Help File.”
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft | windows_2000 | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_2000 | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_2000 | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_2000 | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_2000_terminal_services | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_2000_terminal_services | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_2000_terminal_services | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_2000_terminal_services | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000_terminal_services:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_98 | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* |
microsoft | windows_98se | * | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98se:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |