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CVE-2010-2549
Published: Jul 2, 2010
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by using a large number of calls to the NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel function to trigger a failure in the LockProcessByClientId function, leading to deletion of an in-use process object, aka "Win32k Reference Count Vulnerability."
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12215
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
20100630 MSRC-001: Windows Vista/Server 2008 NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel Use-after-free Vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_FULLDISC
14156
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
41280
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
40421
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
TA10-285A
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT
66003
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
ms-win-ntusercheck-priv-escalation(60120)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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