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CVE-2003-0009

39
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0009 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Help and Support Center of Microsoft Windows Me and XP. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script within the Local Computer security context by injecting malicious code into the 'topic' parameter of an hcp:// URL. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, indicating that an attacker could achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with moderate attack complexity. Despite its age and the existence of an ExploitDB entry for a related buffer overflow, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_me:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:gold:professional:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22289 · Feb 26, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1506 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-006
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/n-047.shtml
iss.net / security_center/static/11425.php
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/489721
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 6074
securityfocus.com / bid/6966
PatchVendor Advisory