CVE-2010-4398

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-28. Federal remediation due 2022-04-21.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

8.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 94.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

2010-12-03 20:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-12-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d8118398a066083d7b1fda5fc057540b9e0fd702aeb5cfe3f57792d80a90eb82

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• nakedsecurity.sophos.comhttp://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/11/25/new-windows-zero-day-flaw-bypasses-uac/x_refsource_MISC
• support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127248x_refsource_CONFIRM
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• www.kb.cert.orgVU#529673http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/529673third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• secunia.com42356http://secunia.com/advisories/42356third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:12162https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12162vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-4398government-resource