CVE-2010-4588

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Published Dec 23, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 32.3% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:wmi_administrative_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

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Exploit prediction score: 32.3% (32.284% probability within 30 days)

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References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Wmi Administrative Tools

Weaknesses

CWE-94

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:51 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 23, 2010, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 3:51 AM
Reserved: Dec 22, 2010, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:25 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 23, 2010, 6:00 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:25 PM

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