CVE-2002-0694
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."
Published:Oct 10, 2002
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Sep 1, 2004
EPSS Score:0.28961
CVSS Score:7.5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 2000
Microsoft
Windows 2000
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 2000 Terminal Services
Microsoft
Windows 2000 Terminal Services
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 98
Microsoft
Windows 98
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows 98se
Microsoft
Windows 98se
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Me
Microsoft
Windows Me
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Nt
Microsoft
Windows Nt
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Xp
Microsoft
Windows Xp
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
