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TI-2003-00006 Aliases CVE-2003-0009GHSA-38g3-w7mj-hw2f

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Help and Support Center for Microsoft Windows…

Priority MEDIUM 47Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Help and Support Center for Microsoft Windows Me allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in the Local Computer security context via an hcp:// URL with the malicious script in the topic parameter.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.16477 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0009
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38g3-w7mj-hw2f

References

Advisory 4

Other 2

  • TI-2004-00538 Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00502 Stack-based buffer overflow in certain Active Directory service functions in LSASRV.DLL… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00185 Buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Explorer on Windows XP SP1, WIndows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00663 Buffer overflow in the Private Communications Transport (PCT) protocol implementation in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00172 Heap-based buffer overflow in the HtmlHelp program (hh.exe) in HTML Help for Microsoft… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-00006 Heap-based buffer overflow in the bitmap processing routine in Microsoft Windows Media… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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Sources

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