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CVE-2010-0027

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 34.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-01-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The URL validation functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, 7 and 8, and the ShellExecute API function in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, does not properly process input parameters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs via a crafted URL, aka "URL Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 8, 8.0.6001, 7, 7.0, 7.0.5730-unknown, 7.0.5730.11 (+6)
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509470/100/0/threaded
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-016/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-007
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55773
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8464
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509470/100/0/threaded
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-016/
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-002
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-007

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