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CVE-2011-1243

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1243 describes a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Windows Messenger ActiveX control (msgsc.dll) in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3. Attackers could exploit this by corrupting the system state through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this flaw allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring moderate attack complexity but no authentication. Despite its high severity and 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
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*

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
29.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2932 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

osvdb.org / 71788
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-027
secunia.com / advisories/44159
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12524
securityfocus.com / bid/47197