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CVE-2010-5158

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-5158 describes a race condition in DefenseWall Personal Firewall 3.00 on Windows XP, allowing local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers. This vulnerability enables the execution of dangerous code that would normally be blocked, effectively circumventing the firewall's protection mechanisms. With a CVSS score of 6.2 (medium severity), it requires high attack complexity but can lead to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:softsphere:defensewall_personal_firewall:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 17th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2010-05/0026.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2010-05/0066.html
countermeasures.trendmicro.eu / you-just-cant-trust-a-drunk
matousec.com / info/advisories/khobe-8.0-earthquake-for-windows-desktop-security-software.php
matousec.com / info/articles/khobe-8.0-earthquake-for-windows-desktop-security-software.php
f-secure.com / weblog/archives/00001949.html
osvdb.org / 67660
securityfocus.com / bid/39924
theregister.co.uk / 2010/05/07/argument_switch_av_bypass