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...
- Published
- Dec 23, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Evidence observed
- Dec 22, 2010
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CHigh · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 99.4%
- Model date
- Oct 13, 2026
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Summary
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."
Sources
modules/exploits/windows/browser/wmi_admintools.rb
Metasploit Framework modulesDeclared conditions
- platform: Windows($.exploit_windows/browser/wmi_admintools.platform)
- verification: check_not_declared($.exploit_windows/browser/wmi_admintools.check)
WooYun · windows · Dec 22, 2010
Metasploit · windows · Jan 14, 2011
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