HIGH
The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the AddContextRef method, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference, aka "Microsoft WMITools ActiveX Control Vulnerability."
Published Dec 23, 2010
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 71.73%
Description
The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the AddContextRef method, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference, aka "Microsoft WMITools ActiveX Control Vulnerability."
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
71.73% 0.71735
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.71735
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 71.73% (0.71735) | 99.41th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 71.73% (0.71735) | 99.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 15, 2026 | 82.68% (0.82676) | 99.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 78.35% (0.78353) | 98.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 81.22% (0.81221) | 99.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 10, 2025 | 78.18% (0.78176) | 98.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 82.01% (0.82011) | 99.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 80.89% (0.80887) | 99.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.93% (0.96934) | 99.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 20, 2024 | 96.93% (0.96934) | 99.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 7, 2024 | 96.78% (0.96776) | 99.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 23, 2024 | 96.53% (0.96528) | 99.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 9, 2024 | 96.45% (0.96446) | 99.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 96.83% (0.96828) | 99.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 2, 2023 | 96.90% (0.96898) | 99.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 96.79% (0.96791) | 99.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | 96.86% (0.96855) | 99.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2023 | 96.84% (0.96842) | 99.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.06% (0.97065) | 99.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 89.83% (0.89830) | 99.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 12, 2022 | 89.83% (0.89830) | 99.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 90.15% (0.90154) | 99.81th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42693 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15809 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45546 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3301 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-027 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64250 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12475 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/42693 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15809 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45546 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3301 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-027 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64250 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12475 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner microsoft
Published Dec 23, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 14, 2010
Link CVE-2010-3973
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a