TI-2010-03771 Aliases CVE-2010-3973 GHSA-2r2c-prqv-cxp3

The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI…

HIGH 78CWE-94Published 2010-12-23 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the AddContextRef method, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference, aka "Microsoft WMITools ActiveX Control Vulnerability."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.71735 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:wmi_administrative_tools::::::::	up to 1.1	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:wmi_administrative_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.1 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-3973
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2r2c-prqv-cxp3

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 3

Other 2

TI-2010-04313 The WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3

Sources

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