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 an...
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 28.7%
CISA KEV
added 2022-03-03 · due 2022-03-24
Exploited in the wild
Framework module
Public exploit
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Exploited in the wild (confirmed)
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."
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2022-03-03
- Due date (FCEB)
- 2022-03-24
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft windows 2000 | All versions | No fix listed |
| Microsoft windows 7 | All versions | No fix listed |
| Microsoft windows xp | All versions | No fix listed |
References
- blogs.technet.com broken-link
- [dailydave] 20100119 We hold these axioms to be self evident broken-link mailing-list
- lock.cmpxchg8b.com broken-link exploit
- 20100119 Microsoft Windows NT #GP Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack exploit mailing-list third-party-advisory
- 38265 broken-link third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 1023471 broken-link third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- www.microsoft.com broken-link patch vendor-advisory
- 20100119 Microsoft Windows NT #GP Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack broken-link mailing-list third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- 37864 broken-link exploit third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- TA10-040A third-party-advisory us-government-resource
- ADV-2010-0179 broken-link vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- MS10-015 patch vendor-advisory
- ms-win-gptrap-privilege-escalation(55742) third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8344 broken-link signature vdb-entry
- www.cisa.gov government-resource us-government-resource