THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-1898
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1898

.Net Framework vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
25.0%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The Common Language Runtime (CLR) in Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 3.5, 3.5 SP1, and 3.5.1, and Microsoft Silverlight 2 and 3 before 3.0.50611.0 on Windows and before 3.0.41130.0 on Mac OS X, does not properly handle interfaces and delegations to virtual methods, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted XAML browser application (aka XBAP), (2) a crafted ASP.NET application, or (3) a crafted .NET Framework application, aka "Microsoft Silverlight and Microsoft .NET Framework CLR Virtual Method Delegate Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
.Net Framework
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2010-08-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 25.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Microsoft .Net Framework is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1898.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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