CVE-2010-0232 Information

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.\

Reference

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2010-January/006000.html http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jan/341 http://secunia.com/advisories/38265 http://securitytracker.com/id?1023471 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509106/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37864 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-040A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0179 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-015 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55742 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A8344