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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2746

Original release date:10/13/2010

Last revised:10/05/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in Comctl32.dll (aka the common control library) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, when a third-party SVG viewer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers unspecified messages from this viewer, aka "Comctl32 Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Description

Per: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-081.mspx 'This vulnerability cannot be exploited in the default Windows configuration. In order to be vulnerable to the issue, a third-party application that renders scalable vector graphics (SVG) must be installed on the system.'

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.6 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 4.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: High

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-285A

Name: TA10-285A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS10-081

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-081.mspx

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1024549

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024549

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7272