Microsoft Windows win32k.sys Driver 'CreateDIBPalette()' BOF Vulnerability
🗓️ 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2010-2739 | 6 Aug 201000:00 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2010-2739 | 7 Sep 201017:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2010-2739 | 7 Sep 201017:00 | – | cvelist | |
| Microsoft Windows - 'win32k.sys' Driver 'CreateDIBPalette()' Local Buffer Overflow | 6 Aug 201000:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| EUVD-2010-2743 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2010-2739 | 7 Sep 201018:00 | – | nvd | |
| Microsoft Windows win32k.sys Driver 'CreateDIBPalette()' BOF Vulnerability | 29 Sep 201000:00 | – | openvas | |
| Buffer overflow | 7 Sep 201018:00 | – | prion |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| microsoft | www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx |
| ragestorm | www.ragestorm.net/blogs/ |
| vupen | www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2029 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902256");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-09-29 09:26:02 +0200 (Wed, 29 Sep 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2739");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Microsoft Windows win32k.sys Driver 'CreateDIBPalette()' BOF Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.ragestorm.net/blogs/?p=255");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2029");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to crash an affected
system or potentially execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows XP SP3 and prior
- Microsoft Windows Vista SP 2 and prior
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP 2 and prior
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP 2 and prior");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in the
'CreateDIBPalette()' function within the kernel-mode device driver 'Win32k.sys',
when using the 'biClrUsed' member value of a 'BITMAPINFOHEADER' structure as a
counter while retrieving Bitmap data from the clipboard.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the latest updates");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is prone to buffer ovreflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.microsoft.com/en/us/default.aspx");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
exit(0); ##plugin may results to FP
if(hotfix_check_sp(win2k:5, xp:4, win2003:3, winVista:3, win2008:3, win7:1) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
sysPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\Setup",
item:"Install Path");
if(sysPath)
{
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:sysPath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1",
string:sysPath + "\Win32k.sys");
sysVer = GetVer(file:file, share:share);
if(!isnull(sysVer))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
}
sysPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion",
item:"PathName");
if(sysPath)
{
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:sysPath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1",
string:sysPath + "\system32\Win32k.sys");
sysVer = GetVer(file:file, share:share);
if(!isnull(sysVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}
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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.4
CVSS 27.2
EPSS0.03745