# CVE-2010-3973: The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier in Microsoft Windows XP

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2010-12-23 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the AddContextRef method, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference, aka "Microsoft WMITools ActiveX Control Vulnerability."

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## References

- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3301
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12475
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596
- http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-027
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45546
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64250
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15809
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42693
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15809
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16516
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/wmi_admintools.rb

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