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CVE-2010-0917

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/security-advisory-981169-released.aspx
• http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0027-msgbox-helpfile-ie.txt
• http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities10.html
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981169.mspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38473
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/ie_code_execution_bug/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56560
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/security-advisory-981169-released.aspx
• http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0027-msgbox-helpfile-ie.txt
• http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities10.html
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981169.mspx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38473

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