CVE-2010-1894

Windows XP SP2-SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2 - Privilege Escalation via Win32k Exception Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2010-1894. PoCs published by MJ0011.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows by sending a crafted message to the DDEMLEvent window, potentially causing a denial-of-service condition. It leverages the Win32k.sys SfnLOGONNOTIFY vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges.

Description

The Windows kernel-mode drivers in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and Windows Server 2003 SP2, do not properly handle unspecified exceptions, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Exception Handling Vulnerability."

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by MJ0011 · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14611

This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows by sending a crafted message to the DDEMLEvent window, potentially causing a denial-of-service condition. It leverages the Win32k.sys SfnLOGONNOTIFY vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Racy
Target: Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WORKING POC
by MJ0011 · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12336

This exploit demonstrates a local kernel Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Windows 2000/XP/2003 by sending a crafted message (0x4c) with invalid parameters to the DDEMLEvent window, triggering a BSOD due to improper handling in the SfnLOGONNOTIFY function within win32k.sys.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 (win32k.sys)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Presence of the DDEMLEvent window
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11769

Scores

EPSS 0.0296
EPSS Percentile 85.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/windows_2003_server (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
Published Aug 11, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026