CVE-2010-0481

MEDIUM

Microsoft Windows 7 - Path Traversal

Title source: rule

Description

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly translate a registry key's virtual path to its real path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka "Windows Virtual Path Parsing Vulnerability."

References (6)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0067
EPSS Percentile 71.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-22
Status draft

Affected Products (16)

microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_vista
microsoft/windows_server_2008
... and 1 more

Timeline

Published Apr 14, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026