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CVE-2010-1260

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1260 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 SP1, SP2, and SP3, as well as several Windows operating systems. It allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting improper object initialization or deletion within the IE8 Developer Toolbar. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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

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
19.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1906 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 65213
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-035
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6686
support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100089747
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-159B.html
US Government Resource