THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-2563
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2563

Windows Server 2003 vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
18.2%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The Word 97 text converter in the WordPad Text Converters in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly parse malformed structures in Word 97 documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document containing an unspecified value that is used in a loop counter, aka "WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Server 2003
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2010-09-15

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 18.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-2563

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2563.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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