MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1264

Sharepoint Services vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
23.6%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via crafted requests to the Help page that cause repeated restarts of the application pool, aka "Sharepoint Help Page Denial of Service Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Sharepoint Services
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2010-06-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 23.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-1264

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Sharepoint Services is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1264.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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