National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2265

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the GetServerName function in sysinfo/commonFunc.js in Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the svr parameter to sysinfo/sysinfomain.htm. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2010-1885 to execute arbitrary commands without user interaction.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#578319

Name: VU#578319

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/578319

External Source: XF

Name: ms-win-helpctr-command-execution(59267)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/59267

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1417

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1417

External Source: BID

Name: 40721

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40721

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20100609 Microsoft Windows Help Centre Handles Malformed Escape Sequences Incorrectly

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/511774/100/0/threaded

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2219475.mspx

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2219475.mspx

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40076

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40076

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/06/10/help-and-support-center-vulnerability-full-disclosure-posting.aspx

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/06/10/help-and-support-center-vulnerability-full-disclosure-posting.aspx

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20100609 Microsoft Windows Help Centre Handles Malformed Escape Sequences Incorrectly

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0197.html