CVE-2010-0481

Severity

47%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

115%

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly translate a registry key's virtual path to its real path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka "Windows Virtual Path Parsing Vulnerability."

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly translate a registry key's virtual path to its real path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka "Windows Virtual Path Parsing Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 14 years ago

2010-04-14 16:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium

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

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

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

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

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x86

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 Vista Service Pack 1 (initial release)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems

References

39373

39374

1023850

TA10-103A

US Government Resource

MS10-021

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6770

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