CVE-2010-0481

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly translate a registry key's virtual path to its real path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka "Windows Virtual Path Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: all versions
Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39373
http://secunia.com/advisories/39374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023850
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6770
http://secunia.com/advisories/39373
http://secunia.com/advisories/39374
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023850
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-021
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6770

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