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CVE-2010-2568
Critical
91.7
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, Server 2008 SP2 and R2, and Windows 7 allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .LNK or (2) .PIF shortcut file, which is not properly handled during icon display in Windows Explorer, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010, and originally reported for malware that leverages CVE-2010-2772 in Siemens WinCC SCADA systems.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 91.32%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Sept 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- Not mapped
- Published
- 22 Jul 2010
- Last modified 22 Apr 2026
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Data as of 8 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time