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CVE-2010-1118

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1118 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 running on Windows 7, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This critical vulnerability, potentially a use-after-free issue, carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe impact with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is currently documented, the vulnerability was demonstrated at the Pwn2Own 2010 competition, highlighting its exploitability. Despite its age and lack of current community discussion or media coverage, its high FAUCET Risk Score suggests a significant historical risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2195 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

dvlabs.tippingpoint.com / blog/2010/02/15/pwn2own-2010
news.cnet.com / 8301-27080_3-20001126-245.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/57197
twitter.com / thezdi/statuses/11003801960
vreugdenhilresearch.nl / Pwn2Own-2010-Windows7-InternetExplorer8.pdf
Exploit