National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-1895

Overview

The Windows kernel-mode drivers in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, do not properly perform memory allocation before copying user-mode data to kernel mode, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Pool Overflow Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-222A

Name: TA10-222A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS10-048

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-048.mspx

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11844

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11844

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11844

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11844