CVE-2010-2555

Severity

68%

Complexity

31%

Confidentiality

165%

The Tracing Feature for Services in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly determine the length of strings in the registry, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors involving a long string, aka "Tracing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The Tracing Feature for Services in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly determine the length of strings in the registry, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors involving a long string, aka "Tracing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 14 years ago

2010-08-11 18:47:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Itanium

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems

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

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for 32-bit systems

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

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

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (initial release)

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

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

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

References

TA10-222A

US Government Resource

MS10-059

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11426

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