{"id":"CVE-2010-1888","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-1888","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:54.374Z","title":"Race condition in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving thread creation, aka \"Windows Kernel Data Initialization Vulnerability.\"","description":"Race condition in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving thread creation, aka \"Windows Kernel Data Initialization Vulnerability.\"","published":"2010-08-11T18:47:50.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:19:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["microsoft/windows xp"],"epss":{"score":0.02495,"percentile":0.84557,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2010-08-17","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":14666,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Windows - nt!NtCreateThread Race Condition with Invalid Code Segment (MS10-047)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14666","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/14666.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/14666.txt","published":"2010-08-17","added":"2010-08-17","updated":"2010-08-17","author":"Tavis Ormandy","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2010-1888","MS10-047"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-047","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11825","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-047","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11825","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1888","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."}