{
  "id": "CVE-2010-4398",
  "url": "https://spydr.io/cve/CVE-2010-4398",
  "published": "2010-12-06T13:44:54.863Z",
  "modified": "2026-06-16T23:24:42.707Z",
  "score": 7.8,
  "severity": "high",
  "cvss_version": "3.1",
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
  "score_source": "NVD",
  "epss": 0.08661,
  "epss_percentile": 0.94994,
  "exploited": true,
  "kev": {
    "added": "2022-03-28",
    "due": "2022-04-21",
    "action": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
    "ransomware": "Unknown",
    "name": "Microsoft Windows Kernel Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability",
    "notes": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4398"
  },
  "ssvc_exploitation": "active",
  "vendors": [
    "microsoft"
  ],
  "products": [
    "microsoft windows 7",
    "microsoft windows server 2003",
    "microsoft windows server 2008",
    "microsoft windows vista",
    "microsoft windows xp"
  ],
  "cwes": [
    "CWE-787"
  ],
  "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.\"",
  "status": "Analyzed",
  "score_type": "Primary",
  "scores": {
    "cvss_v40": null,
    "cvss_v31": 7.8,
    "cvss_v30": null
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9988",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Issue Tracking"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/11/25/new-windows-zero-day-flaw-bypasses-uac/",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42356",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127248",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://twitter.com/msftsecresponse/statuses/7590788200402945",
      "tags": [
        "Not Applicable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/bypassing-uac-with-user-privilege-under-windows-vista7-mirror/",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15609/",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/529673",
      "tags": [
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45045",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025046",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Third Party Advisory",
        "VDB Entry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0324",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-011",
      "tags": [
        "Patch",
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12162",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link"
      ]
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-4398",
      "tags": [
        "US Government Resource"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "nvd_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4398",
  "covered_in": [],
  "attribution": [
    {
      "source": "NVD",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov",
      "notice": "This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD."
    },
    {
      "source": "CISA KEV",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "notice": "Known exploited vulnerabilities from the CISA KEV catalog."
    },
    {
      "source": "FIRST EPSS",
      "url": "https://www.first.org/epss",
      "notice": "Exploit prediction scores from FIRST EPSS."
    }
  ]
}