CVE-2010-1888

medium
Published 2010-08-11 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Race condition in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving thread creation, aka "Windows Kernel Data Initialization Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-14666 dos windows verified
Tavis Ormandy ยท 2010-08-17

Microsoft Windows - nt!NtCreateThread Race Condition with Invalid Code Segment (MS10-047)

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OS impact

windows Windows Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
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References

CWEs

CWE-362

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.