MS10-005: Vulnerability in Microsoft Paint Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978706)

high Nessus Plugin ID 44415

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Paint.

Description

The remote Windows host is running a version of Microsoft Paint that has an integer overflow vulnerability that can be triggered when decoding JPEG images.

If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted JPEG image file using Microsoft Paint, he may be able to leverage these issues to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP, and 2003.

See Also

https://www.nessus.org/u?76c1774b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44415

File Name: smb_nt_ms10-005.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/9/2010

Updated: 8/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0028

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0028

BID: 38042

CWE: 189

IAVB: 2010-B-0014-S

MSFT: MS10-005

MSKB: 978706