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FKIE_CVE-2010-2549

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-07-02 19:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:20

Severity

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by using a large number of calls to the NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel function to trigger a failure in the LockProcessByClientId function, leading to deletion of an in-use process object, aka "Win32k Reference Count Vulnerability."

References

URL	Tags
secure@microsoft.com	http://osvdb.org/66003
secure@microsoft.com	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/3	Exploit
secure@microsoft.com	http://secunia.com/advisories/40421	Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14156	Exploit
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41280	Exploit
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html	US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60120
secure@microsoft.com	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12215
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://osvdb.org/66003
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/3	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/40421	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14156	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41280	Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html	US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60120
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12215

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
microsoft	windows_server_2008	*
microsoft	windows_server_2008	*
microsoft	windows_server_2008	*
microsoft	windows_server_2008	*
microsoft	windows_server_2008	*
microsoft	windows_server_2008	-
microsoft	windows_vista	*
microsoft	windows_vista	*

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CVE-2010-2549 (GCVE-0-2010-2549)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-07-02 18:30 – Updated: 2024-08-07 02:39

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/3	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14156	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41280	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/40421	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://osvdb.org/66003	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Date Public

2010-06-30 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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