High severity · published Jan 21, 2010
CVE-2010-0232
Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability
In wildKEV
7.8
CVSS
28.7%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
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."
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)28.7% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Mar 3, 2022
Federal remediation dueMar 24, 2022
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Windows · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: KEV
W2
Windows 2000 · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
W7
Windows 7 · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
WX
Windows XP · Microsoft
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0232
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0232
CISA KEV catalogue
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
mailing-list
http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx
vendor-advisory
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-015
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx
third-party-advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
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