CVE-2010-2744: High severity Microsoft Windows 2003 Server vulnerability

Published Oct 13, 2010
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Updated

The kernel-mode drivers 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 do not properly manage a window class, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a window, then using (1) the SetWindowLongPtr function to modify the popup menu structure, or (2) the SwitchWndProc function with a switch window information pointer, which is not re-initialized when a WMNCCREATE message is processed, aka "Win32k Window Class Vulnerability."

Affected Software

20 affected components
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=sp2
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server=sp2
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003=sp2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=r2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=r2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=sp2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=sp2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008=sp2
Microsoft Windows Vista=sp1
Microsoft Windows Vista=sp2
Microsoft Windows Vista=sp1
Microsoft Windows XP=sp3
Microsoft Windows XP=sp2
Microsoft Windows Vista=sp2
Microsoft Windows Vista=sp1

Event History

Oct 13, 2010
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:00 PM
Description

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