CVE-2010-3973

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."

CVSS v2.0 NVD

9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

71.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2010-12-23

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15809

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/wmi_admintools.rb

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16516
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15809

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/42693
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3301
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45546
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-027

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry