RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2010-0027
The URL validation functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, 7 and 8, and the ShellExecute API function in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, does not properly process input parameters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs via a crafted URL, aka "URL Validation Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.340 (98.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.340 · newest: 0.340 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509470/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-016/
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002 (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-007 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55773 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8464 (signature, vdb-entry)