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CVE-2010-1891

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Client/Server Runtime Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2, when a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean locale is enabled, does not properly allocate memory for transactions, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: all versions
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-069
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7536
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-069
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7536

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