OpenType Font (OTF) Format Driver Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2279986)
🗓️ 13 Oct 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS OpenType CFF Parsing Vulnerability | 12 Oct 201000:00 | – | coresecurity | |
| Microsoft OpenType Font Parsing Elevation of Privilege (MS10-078; CVE-2010-2740) | 12 Oct 201000:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| Microsoft OpenType Font Validation Elevation of Privilege (MS10-078; CVE-2010-2741) | 12 Oct 201000:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2010-2740 | 13 Oct 201018:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2010-2741 | 13 Oct 201018:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2010-2740 | 13 Oct 201018:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2010-2741 | 13 Oct 201018:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2010-2745 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2010-2740 | 13 Oct 201019:00 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2010-2741 | 13 Oct 201019:00 | – | nvd |
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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902320");
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:"2010-10-13 17:10:12 +0200 (Wed, 13 Oct 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2740", "CVE-2010-2741");
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("OpenType Font (OTF) Format Driver Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2279986)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2625");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43778");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43779");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-078");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_reg_enum.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/registry_enumerated");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code
with kernel privileges.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are due to an error in the OpenType Font (OTF) format
driver,
- It does not properly allocate memory when parsing a specially crafted font.
- It does not properly perform an integer calculation when processing specially
crafted OpenType fonts.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS10-078.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4, win2003:3) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
## MS10-078 Hotfix check
if(hotfix_missing(name:"2279986") == 0){
exit(0);
}
sysPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\COM3\Setup",
item:"Install Path");
if(!sysPath){
exit(0);
}
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:sysPath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1",
string:sysPath + "\Atmfd.dll");
dllVer = GetVer(file:file, share:share);
if(!dllVer){
exit(0);
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/WinXP/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 3" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.1.2.229")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:dllVer, fixed_version:"5.1.2.229");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(win2003:3) > 0)
{
SP = get_kb_item("SMB/Win2003/ServicePack");
if("Service Pack 2" >< SP)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"5.2.2.229")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:dllVer, fixed_version:"5.2.2.229");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}
exit(0);
}
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score5
CVSS 27.2
EPSS0.01773