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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2002-0974 json

Help and Support Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a link to the hcp: protocol that accesses upld…

published 2002-09-24 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-0963

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.0%
EPSS 15.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Help and Support Center for Windows XP allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a link to the hcp: protocol that accesses uplddrvinfo.htm.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21717)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

14.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21717 Microsoft Windows XP - HCP URI Handler Abuse remote, 2002-08-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.