Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000
CVE-2010-0269
The SMB client 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 properly allocate memory for SMB responses, which allows remote SMB servers and man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) SMBv1 or (2) SMBv2 response, aka "SMB Client Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.284 (98.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.284 · newest: 0.284 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/39372 (third-party-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-020 (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7129 (signature, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2010-0269?
- CVE-2010-0269 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, classified under CWE-399. Published 2010-04-14.
- Is CVE-2010-0269 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.