CVE-2010-2265
MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctlDescription
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the GetServerName function in sysinfo/commonFunc.js in Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the svr parameter to sysinfo/sysinfomain.htm. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2010-1885 to execute arbitrary commands without user interaction.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0197.html
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/06/10/help-and-support-center-vulnerability-full-disclosure-posting.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40076
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/578319
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2219475.mspx
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511774/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40721
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1417
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59267
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