CVE-2010-3973
The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative...
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."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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."
- Record
CVE-2010-3973- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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."
- Record
CVE-2010-3973- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-3950 No score
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."
- Record
EUVD-2010-3950- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2r2c-prqv-cxp3 No score
The WMITools ActiveX control in WBEMSingleView.ocx 1.50.1131.0 in Microsoft WMI Administrative...
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."
- Record
GHSA-2r2c-prqv-cxp3- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft WMITools - ActiveX Remote Command Execution | 2010-12-22 |
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft WMI Administration Tools - ActiveX Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) | 2011-01-14 |
| Metasploit | Microsoft WMI Administration Tools ActiveX Buffer Overflow | 2010-12-21 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-3973 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Wmi Administrative Tools, published December 23, 2010. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 71.7%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/01/07/assessing-the-risk-of-public-issues-currently-being-tracked-by-the-msrc.aspx
vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3301
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12475
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/725596
wooyun.org/bug.php?action=view&id=1006
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-027