CVE-2010-0917 (GCVE-0-2010-0917)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-03-03 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 01:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in VBScript in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, when Internet Explorer is used, might allow user-assisted 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0483.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisor… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/ie_code_e… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0027-msgbox-h… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities10.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38473 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2010-02-26 00:00
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