CVE-2010-0027

The URL validation functionality in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01, 6, 6 SP1, 7 and 8, and the ShellExecute API function in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2, does not properly process input parameters, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary local programs via a crafted URL, aka "URL Validation Vulnerability."

Affected products

Internet Explorer, Windows, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Xp

Microsoft Internet Explorer

= 8, 8.0.6001

Microsoft Windows 7

All versions

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

All versions

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

All versions

Microsoft Windows Vista

All versions

Microsoft Windows Xp

All versions

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

9.3 HIGH

EPSS

34.0% (98th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-94

NVD status

Modified

Published

2010-01-22