RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-2010-1260
The IE8 Developer Toolbar in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 SP1, SP2, and SP3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that (1) was not properly initialized or (2) is deleted, leading to memory corruption, aka "HTML Element Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
EPSS: 0.191 (97.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet_explorer — versions 8
- Microsoft Windows_2003_server
- Microsoft Windows_7
- Microsoft Windows_server_2008 — versions r2
- Microsoft Windows_vista
- Microsoft Windows_xp
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-1260?
- CVE-2010-1260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2010-06-08.
- How severe is CVE-2010-1260?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.