CVE-2010-0231 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0231?

CVE-2010-0231 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2000, published on 10 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SMB implementation in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not use a sufficient source of entropy, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to files and other SMB resources via a large number of authentication requests, related to server-generated challenges, certain "duplicate values," and spoofing of an authentication token, aka "SMB NTLM Authentication Lack of Entropy Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-310, CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0231?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Xp.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0231?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0231 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-0231 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-0231 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2000

• CVE-2008-4250 Microsoft Windows Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2010-0232 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-1123 Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2002-0367 Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2010-0269 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2000 vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-jvfw-7f9c-qp8r.