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CVE-2010-0917
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in VBScript in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, when Internet Explorer is used, might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the fourth argument (aka helpfile argument) to the MsgBox function, leading to code execution when the F1 key is pressed, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0483..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 4.9/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- High
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*: |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- | ||
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
No
|
- |
References
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0027-msgbox-helpfile-ie.txt
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981169.mspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/security-advisory-981169-released.aspx
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/ie_code_execution_bug/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38473
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities10.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56560