CVE-2010-1891 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Client/Server Runtime Subsystem (CSRSS) of Microsoft Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, specifically when Chinese, Japanese, or Korean locales are enabled. This memory allocation flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.