CVE-2010-0265

Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2.1, 2.6, 6.0 and Producer 2003 - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Project File

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-0265. PoCs published by Abysssec.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates a malicious .MSWMM file targeting CVE-2010-0265 in Windows Movie Maker 2.1. It leverages a heap overflow vulnerability to execute arbitrary shellcode (calc.exe in this case) via a crafted project file.

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Movie Maker 2.1, 2.6, and 6.0, and Microsoft Producer 2003, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted project (.MSWMM) file, aka "Movie Maker and Producer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Abysssec · pythonremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14886

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This exploit generates a malicious .MSWMM file targeting CVE-2010-0265 in Windows Movie Maker 2.1. It leverages a heap overflow vulnerability to execute arbitrary shellcode (calc.exe in this case) via a crafted project file.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: Windows Movie Maker 2.1 (moviemk.exe) on Windows XP SP3

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Victim must open the malicious .MSWMM file in vulnerable Windows Movie Maker

MITRE ATT&CK

T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-016

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-068A.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8595

Scores

EPSS 0.2664

EPSS Percentile 97.8%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (6)

microsoft/producer 2003

microsoft/windows_movie_maker 2.1

microsoft/windows_movie_maker 2.6

microsoft/windows_movie_maker 6.0

microsoft/windows_vista (4 CPE variants)

microsoft/windows_xp (3 CPE variants)

Published Mar 10, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026