CVE-2010-2729 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2729?

CVE-2010-2729 is a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 15 Sep 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Print Spooler service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, when printer sharing is enabled, does not properly validate spooler access permissions, which allows remote attackers to create files in a system directory, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by sending a crafted print request over RPC, as exploited in the wild in September 2010, aka "Print Spooler Service Impersonation Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2729?

It affects 5 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2010-2729?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2729 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-2729 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2729 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 7

• CVE-2015-1635 Microsoft HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2360 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-6324 Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-6332 Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2014-4148 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8

All Microsoft Windows 7 vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-h544-vrh7-5wgw.