CVE-2010-2549 Use after free in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a use-after-free in Windows kernel drivers to escalate privileges or crash the system via specific API calls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2010-2549?
CVE-2010-2549 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2008, published on 2 Jul 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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."
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2549?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2549?
No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2549 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2010-2549 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2549 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Sources
Also known as GHSA-phf6-cv26-j3qq.