CVE-2010-4398
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write
Publication date:
06/12/2010
Last modified:
22/10/2025
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the RtlQueryRegistryValues function in win32k.sys 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 allows local users to gain privileges, and bypass the User Account Control (UAC) feature, via a crafted REG_BINARY value for a SystemDefaultEUDCFont registry key, aka "Driver Improper Interaction with Windows Kernel Vulnerability."
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp2:*:*:professional:*:x64:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9988
- http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/11/25/new-windows-zero-day-flaw-bypasses-uac/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42356
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127248
- http://twitter.com/msftsecresponse/statuses/7590788200402945
- http://www.exploit-db.com/bypassing-uac-with-user-privilege-under-windows-vista7-mirror/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15609/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/529673
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45045
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025046=
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0324
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-011
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12162
- http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9988
- http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/11/25/new-windows-zero-day-flaw-bypasses-uac/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42356
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127248
- http://twitter.com/msftsecresponse/statuses/7590788200402945
- http://www.exploit-db.com/bypassing-uac-with-user-privilege-under-windows-vista7-mirror/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15609/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/529673
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45045
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025046=
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0324
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-011
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12162
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-4398