CVE-2010-0249

HIGH EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

Microsoft Internet Explorer - Use After Free

Title source: rule

Description

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