Overview
- 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.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.3
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 8.6
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Known exploits
Data from CISA
- Vulnerability name
- Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Exploit added on
- Sep 15, 2022
- Exploit action due
- Oct 6, 2022
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Evaluator
- Comment
- -
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
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