Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2010-0231
The SMB implementation in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not use a sufficient source of entropy, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to files and other SMB resources via a large number of authentication requests, related to server-generated challenges, certain "duplicate values," and spoofing of an authentication token, aka "SMB NTLM Authentication Lack of Entropy Vulnerability."
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
10.0
HIGH
EPSS Probability:41.26%
Executive Threat Verdict
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows_2000 | all |
| microsoft | windows_2003_server | all |
| microsoft | windows_7 | all |
| microsoft | windows_server_2008 | all |
| microsoft | windows_vista | all |
| microsoft | windows_xp | all |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
41.262%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Microsoft Corporation · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2010-01-07T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2010-02-10T18:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2010-02-09 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-07T00:45:11 |
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