Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0694 - Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN microsoft
nessus
Summary
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."
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 46 |
Nessus
NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
NASL id | SMB_NT_MS02-055.NASL |
description | The remote host contains a version of the HTML Helpfacility ActiveX control module that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host by constructing a malicious web page and enticing a victim to visit it. |
last seen | 2020-06-01 |
modified | 2020-06-02 |
plugin id | 11147 |
published | 2002-10-24 |
reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2002-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/11147 |
title | MS02-055: Unchecked Buffer in Windows Help Facility Could Enable Code Execution (323255) |
code |
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Oval
accepted | 2011-05-16T04:02:56.526-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||||||||||
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description | 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." | ||||||||||||||||||||
family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:403 | ||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2003-09-30T12:00:00.000-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||
title | Code Execution via Compiled HTML Help File | ||||||||||||||||||||
version | 70 |