CVE-2010-3961

Windows Vista SP1/SP2, Server 2008 Gold/SP2/R2, and Windows 7 - Privilege Escalation via Consent UI Registry Key

Title source: llm

Description

The Consent User Interface (UI) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly handle an unspecified registry-key value, which allows local users with SeImpersonatePrivilege rights to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Consent UI Impersonation Vulnerability."

References (8)

Core 8

Core References

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/42614

US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-348A.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12323

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3222

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024882

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45318

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-100

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb

http://osvdb.org/69824

Scores

EPSS 0.0153

EPSS Percentile 72.3%

Details

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Products (4)

microsoft/windows_7

microsoft/windows_server_2008 (6 CPE variants)

microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)

microsoft/windows_vista (2 CPE variants)

Published Dec 16, 2010

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026