CVEvulnerability
CVE-2002-0694
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2002-10-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows 2000 terminal services
• microsoft windows 98
• microsoft windows 98se
• microsoft windows me
• microsoft windows nt 4.0
• microsoft windows xp
References
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10254.php Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-055 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A403 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10254.php Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-055 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A403 oval.cisecurity.org