# CVE-2010-4588: The WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute

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

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The WBEMSingleView.ocx ActiveX control 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative Tools 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the ReleaseContext method, a different vector than CVE-2010-3973, possibly an untrusted pointer dereference.

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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.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596
- http://www.wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006
- http://twitter.com/carsteneiram/status/17526155733110784
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42693
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15809

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