RCE in Microsoft Wmi Administrative Tools
CVE-2010-4588
The WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the ReleaseContext method, a different vector than CVE-2010-3973, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference.
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: 0.328 (98.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.328 · newest: 0.328 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-…
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.wooyun.org/bug.php (Exploit)
- twitter.com/carsteneiram/status/17526155733110784
- secunia.com/advisories/42693 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-4588?
- CVE-2010-4588 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Wmi Administrative Tools, classified under Code Injection. Published 2010-12-23.
- Is CVE-2010-4588 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.