CVE-2010-2743 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2743?

CVE-2010-2743 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, published on 20 Jan 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 do not properly perform indexing of a function-pointer table during the loading of keyboard layouts from disk, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated in the wild in July 2010 by the Stuxnet worm, aka "Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability." NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2010-3888 or CVE-2010-3889.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2743?

It affects 6 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2010-2743?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-2743 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2010-2743 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2743 exists.

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

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

• CVE-2008-0015 Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2015-1701 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2013-5065 Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2011-1268 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-1868 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft Windows 2003 Server vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-ggjq-qv33-pv47.