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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2010-0232

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

CISA KEV
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
Exploitability:1.9
Impact Score:5.9
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:29.25%

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2022-03-03
Ransomware Use
Unknown
KEV Due Date
2022-03-24
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
29.253%
EPSS Percentile
97.9th pct
GitHub Severity
HIGH
SSVC Exploitation
SSVC Automatable
Vulnerability Class

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Exploit DB ReferencesNone identified

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
No affected products specified.

References

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