THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-2549
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2549

Windows Server 2008 vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Server 2008
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2010-07-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-2549

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-2549.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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