Vulnerability CVE-2010-2265
Published: 2010-06-15   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the GetServerName function in sysinfo/commonFunc.js in Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the svr parameter to sysinfo/sysinfomain.htm. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2010-1885 to execute arbitrary commands without user interaction.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Windows Help Centre Handles Malformed Escape Sequences Incorrectly
Tavis Ormandy
16.06.2010

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows 2003 server 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2003 
Microsoft -> Windows xp 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-06/0197.html
http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/06/10/windows-help-vulnerability-disclosure.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2010/06/10/help-and-support-center-vulnerability-full-disclosure-posting.aspx
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/578319
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2219475.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511774/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40721
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1417
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59267
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