CVE - CVE-2010-0483

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-0483	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
vbscript.dll in VBScript 5.1, 5.6, 5.7, and 5.8 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, when Internet Explorer is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by referencing a (1) local pathname, (2) UNC share pathname, or (3) WebDAV server with a crafted .hlp file in the fourth argument (aka helpfile argument) to the MsgBox function, leading to code execution involving winhlp32.exe when the F1 key is pressed, aka "VBScript Help Keypress Vulnerability."
References
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BID:38463 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38463 CERT:TA10-103A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html CERT-VN:VU#612021 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/612021 CONFIRM:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/28/investigating-a-new-win32hlp-and-internet-explorer-issue.aspx CONFIRM:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/security-advisory-981169-released.aspx CONFIRM:http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/03/01/help-keypress-vulnerability-in-vbscript-enabling-remote-code-execution.aspx CONFIRM:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981169.mspx MISC:http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0027-msgbox-helpfile-ie.txt MISC:http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities10.html MISC:http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9163298/New_zero_day_involves_IE_puts_Windows_XP_users_at_risk MISC:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/ie_code_execution_bug/ MISC:https://www.metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_winhlp32.rb MS:MS10-022 URL:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-022 OSVDB:62632 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/62632~~ (Obsolete source) OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7170 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7170 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8654 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8654 SECTRACK:1023668 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023668 SECUNIA:38727 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38727 VUPEN:ADV-2010-0485 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0485~~ (Obsolete source) XF:ms-win-msgbox-code-execution(56558) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56558
Assigning CNA
Microsoft Corporation
Date Record Created
20100202	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20100202)
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