CVE-2010-1894 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the win32k.sys kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP2/SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2. It stems from improper handling of unspecified exceptions, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity. It requires local access (AV:L) and has low attack complexity (AC:L), with a complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C). While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, including a privilege escalation exploit (EDB-14611). Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:*:sp2:itanium:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.