CVE-2010-2549

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2549
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-07-02 19:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 and Server 2008 Gold and SP2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by using a large number of calls to the NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel function to trigger a failure in the LockProcessByClientId function, leading to deletion of an in-use process object, aka "Win32k Reference Count Vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 All All itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 All All x32 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 All All x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 All sp2 x32 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 All sp2 x64 All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - sp2 itanium All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All sp2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Microsoft Windows NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel Use-After-Free - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Windows Vista/Server 2008 NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel Use-after-free Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
osvdb.org/66003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Full Disclosure: MSRC-001: Windows Vista/Server 2008 NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel Use-after-free Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Microsoft Windows 'NtUserCheckAccessForIntegrityLevel' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA10-285A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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