Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2010· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2010-0917
CVE-2010-0917
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.
Affected products
7- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0027-msgbox-helpfile-ie.txtnvdExploit
- isec.pl/vulnerabilities10.htmlnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38473nvdExploit
- blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/security-advisory-981169-released.aspxnvdVendor Advisory
- www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981169.mspxnvdVendor Advisory
- www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/ie_code_execution_bug/nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56560nvd
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