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CVE-2010-1886

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-08-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2, and Windows 7 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a process with NetworkService credentials, as demonstrated by TAPI Server, SQL Server, and IIS processes, and related to the Windows Service Isolation feature. NOTE: the vendor states that privilege escalation from NetworkService to LocalSystem does not cross a "security boundary."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2
• Microsoft Windows Vista: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2264072
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982316
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2264072.mspx
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2264072
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982316
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2264072.mspx

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