$ cve CVE-2010-0232 JSON

CVE-2010-0232 KEV EXPLOIT

7.8

HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 28.7% (pctl 98)

Patch first

On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-03-24.

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."

Scoring

CVSS	7.8 (HIGH, v3.1)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	28.74% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	yes — remediate by 2022-03-24
Public exploit	yes
Published	2010-01-21
Last modified	2026-06-16

CISA KEV

Name	Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability
Added	2022-03-03
Due	2022-03-24
Vendor / product	Microsoft / Windows
Ransomware use	none reported

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	windows 2000
microsoft	windows 7
microsoft	windows xp

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7 - 'KiTrap0D' User Mode to Ring Escalation (MS10-015)	2010-01-19

References

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