7.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
Low
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.974 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%
Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
vulnerability.
This VT has been replaced by
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# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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script_version("2024-04-04T05:05:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-04-04 05:05:25 +0000 (Thu, 04 Apr 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-06-11 14:27:58 +0200 (Fri, 11 Jun 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1885", "CVE-2010-2265");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/59267");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1417");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityAdvisories/2010/2219475");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-042");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code or compromise a vulnerable system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2/3
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are due to:
- An error in the 'MPC::HTML::UrlUnescapeW()' function within the Help and Support Center
application (helpctr.exe) that does not properly check the return code of 'MPC::HexToNum()' when
escaping URLs, which could allow attackers to bypass whitelist restrictions and invoke arbitrary
help files.
- An input validation error in the 'GetServerName()' function in the
'C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\System\sysinfo\commonFunc.js' script invoked via 'ShowServerName()'
in 'C:\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\System\sysinfo\sysinfomain.htm', which could be exploited by
attackers to execute arbitrary scripting code.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Microsoft Windows is prone to a remote code execution (RCE)
vulnerability.
This VT has been replaced by 'Microsoft Help and Support Center Remote Code Execution
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script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released a patch for the issue. Please see the
references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
exit(66); # This plugin is invalidated by secpod_ms10-042.nasl