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CVE-2010-0917

CVSS Score Not Available
50.14%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)

Stack-based buffer overflow in VBScript in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, when Internet Explorer is used, might allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the fourth argument (aka helpfile argument) to the MsgBox function, leading to code execution when the F1 key is pressed, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0483.

Published: 3/3/2010
Modified: 4/11/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

50.14%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile

This vulnerability has a 50.14% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.