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CVE-2010-0266

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 50.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Microsoft Office Outlook 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly verify e-mail attachments with a PR_ATTACH_METHOD property value of ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message, aka "Microsoft Outlook SMB Attachment Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook: 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3, 2007-sp1, 2007-sp2

References

• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-045
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11623
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-045
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11623

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