CVE-2010-0266
highpriority · attend · 65EPSS 0.507 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Office Outlook 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly verify e-mail attachments with a PR_ATTACH_METHOD property value of ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message, aka "Microsoft Outlook SMB Attachment Vulnerability."
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (4)
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- exploit/windows/email/ms10_045_outlook_ref_onlyOutlook ATTACH_BY_REF_ONLY File Executionweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-16699Microsoft Outlook - 'ATTACH_BY_REF_RESOLVE' File Execution (MS10-045) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-16700Microsoft Outlook - 'ATTACH_BY_REF_ONLY' File Execution (MS10-045) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (4)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (6)
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- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-045enisa_euvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11623enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.htmlUS Government Resourcenvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-045nvd
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11623nvd
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