CVE-2010-0232
Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 28.73% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 19 January 2010
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 28.7% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0232
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspxBroken Link
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.htmlBroken Link
- http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zipBroken Link, Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38265Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023471Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509106/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37864Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0179Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-015Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55742Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8344Broken Link
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspxBroken Link
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.htmlBroken Link
- http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zipBroken Link, Exploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38265Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023471Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspxBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509106/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37864Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0179Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-015Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55742Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8344Broken Link
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0232US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.