CVE-2004-0474 (GCVE-0-2004-0474)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-05-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:17
VLAI?
Summary
Help Center (HelpCtr.exe) may allow remote attackers to read or execute arbitrary files via an "http://" or "file://" argument to the topic parameter in an hcp:// URL. NOTE: since the initial report of this problem, several researchers have been unable to reproduce this issue.
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CWE
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