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CVE-2010-10015

AOL <= 9.5 Phobos.Playlist 'Import()' Stack-Based Buffer Overflow

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. No fix published yet.

CVSS —Not scoredEPSS percentile48th0.6% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 5 sourcesFixNone yetNo fix or workaround published

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

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  • AOLAffected: ≤ 9.5 (Revision 4337.155)Upgrade to: after 9.5 (Revision 4337.155)Stated by: CVE record

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What it is

From the CVE record

AOL versions up to and including 9.5 includes an ActiveX control (Phobos.dll) that exposes a method called Import() via the Phobos.Playlist COM object. This method is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow when provided with an excessively long string argument. Exploitation allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user, but only when the malicious HTML file is opened locally, due to the control not being marked safe for scripting or initialization. AOL remains an active and supported brand offering services like AOL Mail and AOL Desktop Gold, but the legacy AOL 9.5 desktop software—specifically the version containing the vulnerable Phobos.dll ActiveX control—is long discontinued and no longer maintained.

In plain language

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Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS48th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

5 sources with a proof of concept or module.

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EPSS

0.6% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 48th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 305 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. EPSS band changemoderate → low
  2. Public exploit / PoCsource: other
  3. Record updated
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Technical detail

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

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