CVE-2010-0266

Exp

Microsoft Office Outlook 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly verify e-mail attachments with a PR_ATTACH_METHOD property value of ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted message, aka "Microsoft Outlook SMB Attachment Vulnerability."

Published: 2010-07-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0266 is rated High Exploit Risk (85.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.80%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-0266

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16699 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
16700 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0266

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-07 83.94% 82.80% -1.14%
2 2025-08-07 83.17% 83.94% +0.77%
3 2025-05-30 — 83.17% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0266

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-0266

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0266

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft outlook 2002 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0266

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