CVE-2010-0237 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2/SP3. It allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by creating a symbolic link between an untrusted and trusted registry hive. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires medium attack complexity and local access. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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