CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-0481
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-04-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly translate a registry key's virtual path to its real path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka "Windows Virtual Path Parsing Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows vista
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39373 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39374 secunia.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023850 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-021 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6770 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39373 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39374 secunia.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023850 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-021 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6770 oval.cisecurity.org