CVE-2010-0020
Microsoft Windows - Remote Code Execution via Malformed SMB Request
Title source: llmDescription
The SMB implementation in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly validate request fields, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed request, aka "SMB Pathname Overflow Vulnerability."
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-012
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8438
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
Scores
EPSS
0.3203
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
CWE-94
Status
published
Products (6)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_2003_server
(3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_server_2008
(8 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista
(4 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp
(4 CPE variants)
Published
Feb 10, 2010
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026