Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000

CVE-2010-0236

The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Vista Gold does not properly allocate memory for the destination key associated with a symbolic-link registry key, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Memory Allocation Vulnerability."

EPSS: 0.018 (75.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows_2000
Microsoft Windows_2003_server
Microsoft Windows_server_2003
Microsoft Windows_vista
Microsoft Windows_xp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

References

secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
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)