HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2728

Outlook vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
17.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2, when Online Mode for an Exchange Server is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted e-mail message, aka "Heap Based Buffer Overflow in Outlook Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Outlook
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
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 17.3% 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-2010-2728

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Outlook is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2728.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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