CVE - CVE-2010-0917

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-0917	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in VBScript in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, when Internet Explorer is used, might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the fourth argument (aka helpfile argument) to the MsgBox function, leading to code execution when the F1 key is pressed, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0483.
References
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BID:38473 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38473 CONFIRM:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/security-advisory-981169-released.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.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/ie_code_execution_bug/ XF:ms-win-winhlp32-bo(56560) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56560
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20100303	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.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100303)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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