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CVE-2010-0232

Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

5
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

El kernel en Microsoft Windows NT versión 3.1 hasta Windows 7, incluyendo Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 y SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1 y SP2, y Windows Server 2008 Gold y SP2, cuando el acceso a aplicaciones de 16 bits está habilitado en una plataforma x86 de 32 bits, no valida apropiadamente ciertas llamadas de BIOS, lo que permite a los usuarios locales alcanzar privilegios mediante la creación de una estructura de datos VDM_TIB en el bloque de entorno de subprocesos (TEB), y luego llamar a la función NtVdmControl para iniciar la máquina de DOS virtuales de Windows (también se conoce como NTVDM), lo que conlleva a excepciones controladas inapropiadamente que implican el controlador #GP trap (nt!KiTrap0D), también se conoce como "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability".

Microsoft Windows suffers from an user mode to ring 0 escalation vulnerability.

The kernel in Microsoft Windows, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2010-01-07 CVE Reserved
  • 2010-01-19 First Exploit
  • 2010-01-20 CVE Published
  • 2022-03-03 Exploited in Wild
  • 2022-03-24 KEV Due Date
  • 2024-07-25 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Microsoft
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Windows 2000
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-sp4
Affected
Microsoft
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Windows 7
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-x86
Affected
Microsoft
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Windows Xp
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-sp2
Affected
Microsoft
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Windows Xp
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-sp3
Affected