First published: Thu Dec 23 2010(Updated: )
The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the AddContextRef method, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference, aka "Microsoft WMITools ActiveX Control Vulnerability."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools | <=1.1 |
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CVE-2010-3973 is considered critical due to its ability to allow remote code execution.
To mitigate CVE-2010-3973, users should update to the latest version of Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools.
CVE-2010-3973 affects Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools version 1.1 and earlier.
Yes, CVE-2010-3973 can be exploited remotely if the affected ActiveX control is present.
Exploiting CVE-2010-3973 can lead to unauthorized execution of arbitrary code on the victim's system.