PT-2010-2640 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer+2

Maurycy Prodeus · Published 2010-03-03 · Updated 2019-02-26 · CVE-2010-0917

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in VBScript in Microsoft Windows when Internet Explorer is used. This could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the fourth argument (aka helpfile argument) to the MsgBox function, leading to code execution when the F1 key is pressed.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0917

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

Windows

Vbscript

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/38473 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities10.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0027-msgbox-helpfile-ie.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0917 · Security Note
• http://microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981169.mspx · Vendor Advisory
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/security-advisory-981169-released.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56560 · Note
• http://theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/ie_code_execution_bug · Note