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CVE-2010-2729

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 75.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2010-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Print Spooler service in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7, when printer sharing is enabled, does not properly validate spooler access permissions, which allows remote attackers to create files in a system directory, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by sending a crafted print request over RPC, as exploited in the wild in September 2010, aka "Print Spooler Service Impersonation Vulnerability."

Affected products

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

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-061
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7358
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-061
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7358

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