RCE in Microsoft Office
CVE-2010-0266
Microsoft Office Outlook 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly verify e-mail attachments with a PR_ATTACH_METHOD property value of ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message, aka "Microsoft Outlook SMB Attachment 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: 0.507 (98.9th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 98.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.553 · newest: 0.507 · change: -0.046
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions xp, 2007, 2003
- Microsoft Outlook — versions 2007, 2003, 2002
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11623 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-045 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-0266?
- CVE-2010-0266 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under Code Injection. Published 2010-07-15.
- Is CVE-2010-0266 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.