PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2010-0232Privilege escalation
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 βWindows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability.β
References
blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx
lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.html
lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341
secunia.com/advisories/38265
securitytracker.com/id?1023471
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509106/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/37864
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0179
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-015
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55742
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8344
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