CVE-2010-0237

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a symbolic link from an untrusted registry hive to a trusted registry hive, aka "Windows Kernel Symbolic Link Creation Vulnerability."

The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a symbolic link from an untrusted registry hive to a trusted registry hive, aka "Windows Kernel Symbolic Link Creation Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 14 years ago

2010-04-14 16:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:56:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

References

39373

1023850

TA10-103A

US Government Resource

MS10-021

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7130

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