CVE-2010-0232
The kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 3.1 through Windows 7, including Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2,…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 28.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.8% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Mar 2022
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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."
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 24 Mar 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Windows SYSTEM Escalation via KiTrap0D (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/local/ms10_015_kitrap0dRank greatdisclosed 19 Jan 2010
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Windows NT/2000/2003/2008/XP/Vista/7 - 'KiTrap0D' User Mode to Ring Escalation (MS10-015) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11199local, windowspublished 19 Jan 2010Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 28.7% · top 1.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- [dailydave] 20100119 We hold these axioms to be self evident (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/c0af0967d904cef2ad4db766a00bc6af/KiTrap0D.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010/01/20/security-advisory-979682-released.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MS10-015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/979682.mspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- TA10-040A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1023471 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20100119 Microsoft Windows NT #GP Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 37864 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 38265 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20100119 Microsoft Windows NT #GP Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ms-win-gptrap-privilege-escalation(55742) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8344 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2010-0232 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0263 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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