CVE-2010-3962

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-10-06. Federal remediation due 2025-10-27.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

96.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2010-11-05 16:28Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-10-14

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ff563214857d4b2d3846cc329cdeee52bd76b368d37717587fa335ad743b6945

• www.securityfocus.com44536http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44536vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.us-cert.govTA10-348Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
• docs.microsoft.comMS10-090https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-090vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#899748http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/899748third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• secunia.com42091http://secunia.com/advisories/42091third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.vupen.comADV-2010-2880http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2880vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2458511.mspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1024676http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024676vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.exploit-db.com15421http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15421exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.symantec.comhttp://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/new-ie-0-day-used-targeted-attacksx_refsource_MISC
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comms-ie-flag-code-execution(62962)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62962vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/11/02/microsoft-releases-security-advisory-2458511.aspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:12279https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12279vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.exploit-db.com15418http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15418exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-3962government-resource