PT-2010-2035 · Microsoft · Windows

Gynvael Coldwind + 2 · Published 2010-04-14 · Updated 2019-02-26 · CVE-2010-0235

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version

Description A denial of service issue exists due to improper validation of symbolic link values by the Windows kernel. This allows local users to cause a system reboot via a crafted application. An attacker could exploit this by running a specially crafted application, causing the system to become unresponsive and automatically restart.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Vista Gold, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-0235

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-021 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0235 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0235 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023850 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/MS10-021 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39373 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7509 · Note