CVE-2010-4588

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 73.59% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006 exploit
http://twitter.com/carsteneiram/status/17526155733110784
http://secunia.com/advisories/42693 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4588?
CVE-2010-4588 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4588?
To fix CVE-2010-4588, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-4588 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-4588 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~74% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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