National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3940

Overview

Double free vulnerability in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k PFE Pointer Double Free Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-348A

Name: TA10-348A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS10-098

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-098.mspx

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1024880

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024880

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12194

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12194

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12194

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12194