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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-4588 · published 23 December 2010

CVE-2010-4588: Microsoft wmi administrative tools code injection vulnerability

Microsoft · Wmi Administrative Tools

The WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the ReleaseContext method, a different vector than CVE-2010-3973, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 33% · top 1.7% CWE-94 · Code injection
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
33%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the ReleaseContext method, a different vector than CVE-2010-3973, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msr
http://secunia.com/advisories/42693 Vendor Advisory
http://twitter.com/carsteneiram/status/17526155733110784
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596 US Government Resource
http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006 Exploit
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msr
http://secunia.com/advisories/42693 Vendor Advisory
http://twitter.com/carsteneiram/status/17526155733110784
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596 US Government Resource
http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006 Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-4588), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.