Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (981957)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-073. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

MS10-073: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981957)

The remote Windows host is running a version of the Windows kernel that is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A reference count leak, which could result in arbitrary code execution in the kernel. CVE-2010-2549 - Kernel-mode drivers load unspecified keyboard layers improperly, which cou...

CVE-2010-2549

CVE-2010-2549 is a Win32k-related use-after-free in Windows Vista SP1/SP2 and Windows Server 2008 Gold/SP2 where the kernel-mode driver (win32k.sys) mismanages object reference counts, allowing local privilege escalation or a system crash. The vulnerability arises from improper maintenance of the...