VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-2568
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability89.62%
CISA KEVKnown exploited vulnerability
Published2010-07-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Known Exploited Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor / product: Microsoft / Windows
Description
Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, Server 2008 SP2 and R2, and Windows 7 allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .LNK or (2) .PIF shortcut file, which is not properly handled during icon display in Windows Explorer, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010, and originally reported for malware that leverages CVE-2010-2772 in Siemens WinCC SCADA systems.
Primary references
- secure@microsoft.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking
- secure@microsoft.com — Issue Tracking
- secure@microsoft.com — Press/Media Coverage
- secure@microsoft.com — Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Not Applicable
- secure@microsoft.com — Exploit
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- secure@microsoft.com — Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- secure@microsoft.com — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- secure@microsoft.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory