CVE-2010-0232

microsoft windows 2000, microsoft windows 7, microsoft windows xp

Published 21 Jan 2010 · updated 16 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

7.8 High · CVSS 3.1, NVD

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Mar 2022, with a remediation deadline of 24 Mar 2022 for US federal agencies.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

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 structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

References

blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx · Broken Link
lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.html · Broken Link
lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip · Broken Link, Exploit
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341 · Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/38265 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id?1023471 · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx · Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509106/100/0/threaded · Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/37864 · Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html · Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0179 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-015 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55742 · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8344 · Broken Link
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0232 · US Government Resource