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CVE-2010-2549 Details

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by using a large number of calls to the NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel function to trigger a failure in the LockProcessByClientId function, leading to deletion of an in-use process object, aka "Win32k Reference Count Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/66003	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/3	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/40421	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60120	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12215	CVE
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14156	CVE	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41280	CVE	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html	CVE	US Government Resource
http://osvdb.org/66003	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/3	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/40421	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60120	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12215	[email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14156	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41280	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html	[email protected]	US Government Resource

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-399	Resource Management Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
microsoft windows server 2008	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:::itanium:::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:::x32:::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:::x64:::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x32::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008::sp2:x64::::: cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:itanium:::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows vista	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista::sp2::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2023	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2023	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 4, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]