CVE-2010-0483

highpriority · attend · 70EPSS 0.866 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

86.6% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.6 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

vbscript.dll in VBScript 5.1, 5.6, 5.7, and 5.8 in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, when Internet Explorer is used, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by referencing a (1) local pathname, (2) UNC share pathname, or (3) WebDAV server with a crafted .hlp file in the fourth argument (aka helpfile argument) to the MsgBox function, leading to code execution involving winhlp32.exe when the F1 key is pressed, aka "VBScript Help Keypress Vulnerability."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.6highAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 10

v2.07.6highAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94USprimary

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/browser/ms10_022_ie_vbscript_winhlp32MS10-022 Microsoft Internet Explorer Winhlp32.exe MsgBox Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-11615Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 - 'winhlp32.exe MsgBox()' Remote Code Executionfunctional · exploit_db
EDB-16541Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'Winhlp32.exe' MsgBox Code Execution (MS10-023) (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
microsoft windows 2000all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 2003 serverall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2003all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows xpall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2010-03-03modified 2026-06-16

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references (40)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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