CVE-2010-0266
Microsoft Office Outlook 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly verify e-mail attachments with a PR_ATTACH_METHOD…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 50.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules2 modules
- Outlook ATTACH_BY_REF_ONLY File Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/email/ms10_045_outlook_ref_onlyRank excellentdisclosed 1 Jun 2010
- Outlook ATTACH_BY_REF_RESOLVE File Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/email/ms10_045_outlook_ref_resolveRank excellentdisclosed 1 Jun 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Outlook - 'ATTACH_BY_REF_RESOLVE' File Execution (MS10-045) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16699remote, windowspublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- Microsoft Outlook - 'ATTACH_BY_REF_ONLY' File Execution (MS10-045) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16700remote, windowspublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 50.7% · top 1.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11623 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA10-194A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- MS10-045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0297 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-0266)Record last updated .