CVE-2010-0016
The SMB client implementation in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly validate response fields, which allows remote SMB servers and man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The SMB client implementation in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly validate response fields, which allows remote SMB servers and man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted response, aka "SMB Client Pool Corruption Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.64% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 8.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-006
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8278
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.htmlUS Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-006
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8278
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.