CVE-2010-0232

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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."

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."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 15 years ago

2010-01-21 19:30:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-02-26 14:04:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows NT 3.1

3.1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 (64-bit) (intial release)

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-Based Systems

Microsoft Windows Vista

Microsoft Windows Vista x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows XP

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows XP SP3

sp3

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