Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 23, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-4588
CVE-2010-4588
Description
The WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the ReleaseContext method, a different vector than CVE-2010-3973, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:wmi_administrative_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:wmi_administrative_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.1
- (no CPE)range: <=1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- www.wooyun.org/bug.phpnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/42693nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596nvdUS Government Resource
- blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspxnvd
- twitter.com/carsteneiram/status/17526155733110784nvd
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