CVE-2010-4588 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 32.8% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 32.82% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-12-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| microsoft | wmi administrative tools |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Microsoft WMITools - ActiveX Remote Command Execution | 2010-12-22 |
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42693
- http://twitter.com/carsteneiram/status/17526155733110784
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596
- http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42693
- http://twitter.com/carsteneiram/status/17526155733110784
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596
- http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006
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