CVE-2010-0249
HIGH EXPLOITED IN THE WILDMicrosoft Internet Explorer - Use After Free
Title source: ruleDescription
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 6 SP1, 7, and 8 on Windows 2000 SP4; Windows XP SP2 and SP3; Windows Server 2003 SP2; Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2; Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2; and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a pointer associated with a deleted object, related to incorrectly initialized memory and improper handling of objects in memory, as exploited in the wild in December 2009 and January 2010 during Operation Aurora, aka "HTML Object Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Exploits (3)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Metasploit · rubyremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16599
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Ahmed Obied · pythonremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11167
metasploit
WORKING POC
NORMAL
by unknown, hdm · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/ms10_002_aurora.rb
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.9014
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2010-01-15
InTheWild.io
2019-02-26
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (4)
microsoft/internet_explorer
5.0.1 sp4
microsoft/internet_explorer
6 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/internet_explorer
7.0
microsoft/internet_explorer
8
Published
Jan 15, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026