THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-1900
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-1900

Word vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
39.8%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; and Works 9 do not properly handle malformed records in a Word file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted file, aka "Word Record Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Word
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 39.8% 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-2010-1900

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Word is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-1900.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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