CVE-2010-4562

Microsoft Windows 2008, 7, Vista, 2003, 2000, and XP, when using IPv6, allows remote attackers to determine whether a host is sniffing the network by sending an ICMPv6 Echo Request to a multicast address and determining whether an Echo Reply is sent, as demonstrated by thcping. NOTE: due to a typo, some sources map CVE-2010-4562 to a ProFTPd mod_sql vulnerability, but that issue is covered by CVE-2010-4652.

Published: 2012-02-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-4562 is rated Moderate Risk (49/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.88%, 92th 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-2010-4562

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 2026-05-22 8.27% 7.88% -0.40%
2 2025-12-28 17.53% 8.27% -9.26%
3 2025-12-27 — 17.53% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4562

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4562

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4562

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft windows_2000 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_2003_server — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_7 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_server_2008 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_vista — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_xp — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4562

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