CVE-2010-0483
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…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 86.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS10-022 Microsoft Internet Explorer Winhlp32.exe MsgBox Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/ms10_022_ie_vbscript_winhlp32Rank greatdisclosed 26 Feb 2010
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer - 'Winhlp32.exe' MsgBox Code Execution (MS10-023) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16541remote, windowspublished 28 Sept 2010Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6/7/8 - 'winhlp32.exe MsgBox()' Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11615remote, windows_x86published 2 Mar 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
- 29 days later
· 29 days 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 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 86.6% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References20
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ms-win-msgbox-code-execution(56558) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MS10-022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#612021 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 62632 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0485 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9163298/New_zero_day_involves_IE_puts_Windows_XP_users_at_risk (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981169.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/01/ie_code_execution_bug/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0027-msgbox-helpfile-ie.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38463 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities10.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8654 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/srd/archive/2010/03/01/help-keypress-vulnerability-in-vbscript-enabling-remote-code-execution.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.metasploit.com/svn/framework3/trunk/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ie_winhlp32.rb (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1023668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/03/01/security-advisory-981169-released.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/02/28/investigating-a-new-win32hlp-and-internet-explorer-issue.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- TA10-103A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 38727 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2010-0514 (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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