CVE-2010-0232

HIGH KEV

Windows SYSTEM Escalation via KiTrap0D

Title source: metasploit

Description

The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, and Windows Server 2008 Gold and SP2, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges by crafting a VDM_TIB data structure in the Thread Environment Block (TEB), and then calling the NtVdmControl function to start the Windows Virtual DOS Machine (aka NTVDM) subsystem, leading to improperly handled exceptions involving the #GP trap handler (nt!KiTrap0D), aka "Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability."

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Tavis Ormandy · textlocalwindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11199
nomisec WORKING POC
by azorfus · local
https://github.com/azorfus/CVE-2010-0232
metasploit WORKING POC GREAT
by Tavis Ormandy, HD Moore, code to meterpreter module, , # Port of Tavis, OJ Reeves · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/local/ms10_015_kitrap0d.rb

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.7392
EPSS Percentile 98.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CISA KEV 2022-03-03
VulnCheck KEV 2016-08-04
InTheWild.io 2022-03-03
ENISA EUVD EUVD-2010-0263
Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
Published Jan 21, 2010
KEV Added Mar 03, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026