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CVE-2010-0266

75
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0266 is a critical vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office Outlook 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1/SP2, allowing user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via specially crafted email attachments that improperly handle the PR_ATTACH_METHOD property. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring user interaction but enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are readily available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2003CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
55.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Outlook ATTACH_BY_REF_ONLY File Execution · Jun 1, 2010
ExploitDB: EDB-16700 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5528 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-045
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11623
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-194A.html
US Government Resource