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CVE-2011-10027

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-10027 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in AOL Desktop 9.6's Tool\rich.rct component, triggered by parsing malicious .rtx files containing overly long strings in hyperlink tags. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 8.4 (HIGH), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim's system if they open a specially crafted .rtx file. While AOL Desktop 9.6 is end-of-life, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
AOL Inc.AOL Desktop
>= 0, <= 9.6CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

8.4HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
ACTIVE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: AOL Desktop 9.6 RTX Buffer Overflow · Jan 31, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/aol_desktop_linktag.rb
exploit-db.com / exploits/16085
exploit-db.com / exploits/16107
exploit-db.com / exploits/17150
fortiguard.com / encyclopedia/ips/26516
vulncheck.com / advisories/aol-desktop-rtx-stack-based-buffer-overflow