CVE-2007-0214
The HTML Help ActiveX control (Hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, XP SP2 and Professional, 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified functions, related to uninitialized parameters.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The HTML Help ActiveX control (Hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, XP SP2 and Professional, 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified functions, related to uninitialized parameters.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 26.55% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 2003 server · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 26.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24136
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/563756US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/31884
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22478
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017635
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0577
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-008
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A125
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24136
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/563756US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/31884
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22478
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017635
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0577
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-008
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A125
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.