CVE-2010-2568

CVE-2010-2568 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 15, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 6, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

Windows Shell in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1 and SP2, Server 2008 SP2 and R2, and Windows 7 allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .LNK or (2) .PIF shortcut file, which is not properly handled during icon display in Windows Explorer, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010, and originally reported for malware that leverages CVE-2010-2772 in Siemens WinCC SCADA systems.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9181
• http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9190
• http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/experts-warn-of-new-windows-shortcut-flaw/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40647
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1024216
• http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001986.html
• http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/new_rootkit_en.pdf
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/940193