CVE-2010-3943

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly link driver objects, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers linked-list corruption, aka "Win32k Cursor Linking Vulnerability."

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly link driver objects, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers linked-list corruption, aka "Win32k Cursor Linking 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 14 years ago

2010-12-16 19:33:00

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 7

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)

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)

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

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

References

1024880

TA10-348A

US Government Resource

MS10-098

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12317

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