CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-1896
8.4 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The Windows kernel-mode drivers in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2 do not properly validate user-mode input passed to kernel mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k User Input Validation Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2003 server
• microsoft windows server 2003
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows vista
• microsoft windows xp
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-048 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12006 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-048 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12006 oval.cisecurity.org