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CVE-2010-2265 (GCVE-0-2010-2265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-06-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 02:25
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the GetServerName function in sysinfo/commonFunc.js in Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the svr parameter to sysinfo/sysinfomain.htm. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2010-1885 to execute arbitrary commands without user interaction.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Date Public
2010-06-09 00:00
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