CVE-2010-0232 on CISA KEV

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, d

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• lists.immunitysec.com — http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.html
• lock.cmpxchg8b.com — http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip
• blogs.technet.com — http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-releas…
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-01…
• www.microsoft.com — http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
• securitytracker.com — http://securitytracker.com/id?1023471
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0179
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37864
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/38265
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509106/100/0/threaded
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55742
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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