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CVE-2010-0236 (GCVE-0-2010-0236)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-04-14 15:44 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
VLAI
Summary
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP2, and Vista Gold does not properly allocate memory for the destination key associated with a symbolic-link registry key, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Memory Allocation Vulnerability."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://secunia.com/advisories/39373 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023850 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2010-04-13 00:00
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