RCE in Microsoft Office
CVE-2010-1263
Windows Shell and WordPad in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7; Microsoft Office XP SP3; Office 2003 SP3; and Office System 2007 SP1 and SP2 do not properly validate COM objects during instantiation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "COM 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: 0.286 (98.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.286 · newest: 0.286 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Office — versions xp, 2007, 2003
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-083 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/40574 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-036 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7286 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)