CVE-2010-0815

VBE6.DLL in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and VBA SDK 6.3 through 6.5 does not properly search for ActiveX controls that are embedded in documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "VBE6.DLL Stack Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Published: 2010-05-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-0815 is rated High Risk (66.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.50%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-0815

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 2026-06-15 52.23% 21.50% -30.73%
2 2026-01-28 64.20% 52.23% -11.97%
3 2026-01-17 — 64.20% —

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-0815

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-2010-0815

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-0815

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft visual_basic_for_applications — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_for_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_basic_sdk 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_sdk:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_basic_sdk 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_sdk:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_basic_sdk 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic_sdk:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2003 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office xp cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-0815

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