CVE-2010-1895

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The Windows kernel-mode drivers in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, do not properly perform memory allocation before copying user-mode data to kernel mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Pool Overflow Vulnerability."

The Windows kernel-mode drivers in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, do not properly perform memory allocation before copying user-mode data to kernel mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Pool Overflow 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

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 14 years ago

2010-08-11 18:47:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-02-26 14:04:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2 Itanium

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

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

References

TA10-222A

US Government Resource

MS10-048

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11844

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