How severe is CVE-2010-2568?

CVE-2010-2568 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 91.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2010-2568: Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-09-15

Remediation due

2022-10-06

Required action
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CISA notes
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-046; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2568

Description

Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, Server 2008 SP2 and R2, and Windows 7 allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .LNK or (2) .PIF shortcut file, which is not properly handled during icon display in Windows Explorer, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010, and originally reported for malware that leverages CVE-2010-2772 in Siemens WinCC SCADA systems.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

14 Links

Vendor advisories

MS10-046

Third-party advisories

Vulnerability databases

Other references

Record Details

Published

2010-07-22

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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