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CVE-2010-0232

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CVE-2010-0232

Published: Jan 21, 2010

Modified: Oct 22, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

MS10-015
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MS
TA10-040A
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT
1023471
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
ADV-2010-0179
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
37864
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
38265
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8344
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL

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