CVE-2010-2746

Microsoft Windows XP-7 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-2746. PoCs published by Nephi Johnson.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Ruby script exploits CVE-2010-2746, a heap overflow vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) via a malformed SVG file. It serves a crafted SVG and HTML page to trigger the vulnerability, executing shellcode (calc.exe) when rendered in a vulnerable browser.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Comctl32.dll (aka the common control library) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, when a third-party SVG viewer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document that triggers unspecified messages from this viewer, aka "Comctl32 Heap Overflow Vulnerability."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Nephi Johnson · rubyremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15963

This Ruby script exploits CVE-2010-2746, a heap overflow vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) via a malformed SVG file. It serves a crafted SVG and HTML page to trigger the vulnerability, executing shellcode (calc.exe) when rendered in a vulnerable browser.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) 3.0, 4.0, and 6.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Vulnerable version of MSXML installed · Victim must visit the malicious server or open the crafted SVG/HTML
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024549
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7272
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.7372
EPSS Percentile 98.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (7)
microsoft/windows_2003_server
microsoft/windows_7 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (6 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
Published Oct 13, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026