$ cve CVE-2010-1225 JSON

CVE-2010-1225 EXPLOIT

9.3

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 28.2% (pctl 98)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The memory-management implementation in the Virtual Machine Monitor (aka VMM or hypervisor) in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Gold and SP1, Virtual Server 2005 Gold and R2 SP1, and Windows Virtual PC does not properly restrict access from the guest OS to memory locations in the VMM work area, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass certain anti-exploitation protection mechanisms on the guest OS via crafted input to a vulnerable application. NOTE: the vendor reportedly found that only systems with an otherwise vulnerable application are affected, because "the memory areas accessible from the guest cannot be leveraged to achieve either remote code execution or elevation of privilege and ... no data from the host is exposed to the guest OS."

Scoring

CVSS	9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	28.16% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-264
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2010-04-01
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
microsoft	virtual pc
microsoft	virtual server
microsoft	windows virtual pc

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Virtual PC Hypervisor - Memory Protection	2010-03-17

References

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