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CVE-2010-1256

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 28.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 6.0, 7.0, and 7.5, when Extended Protection for Authentication is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to "token checking" that trigger memory corruption, aka "IIS Authentication Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Information Server: 6.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40573
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-040
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58864
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7149
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40573
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-040
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58864
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7149

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