Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2010-0231
The SMB implementation in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not use a sufficient source of entropy, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to files and other SMB resources via a large number of authentication requests, related to server-generated challenges, certain "duplicate values," and spoofing of an authentication token, aka "SMB NTLM Authentication Lack of Entropy Vulnerability."
EPSS: 0.413 (98.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
- secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-0231?
- CVE-2010-0231 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, classified under CWE-264. Published 2010-02-10.
- Is CVE-2010-0231 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.