{"id":"CVE-2010-0235","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-0235","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:53.412Z","title":"The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Vista Gold does not perform the expected validation before creating a symbolic link, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application,…","description":"The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Vista Gold does not perform the expected validation before creating a symbolic link, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka \"Windows Kernel Symbolic Link Value Vulnerability.\"","published":"2010-04-14T16:00:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:15:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.7,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["microsoft/windows 2000","microsoft/windows xp","microsoft/windows 2003 server","microsoft/windows server 2003","microsoft/windows vista"],"epss":{"score":0.01709,"percentile":0.7717,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.71%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/39373","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023850","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-021","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7509","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/39373","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023850","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-021","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7509","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0235","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}