CVE-2010-0237
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges...
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a symbolic link from an untrusted registry hive to a trusted registry hive, aka "Windows Kernel Symbolic Link Creation Vulnerability."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a symbolic link from an untrusted registry hive to a trusted registry hive, aka "Windows Kernel Symbolic Link Creation Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2010-0237- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 Medium
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a symbolic link from an untrusted registry hive to a trusted registry hive, aka "Windows Kernel Symbolic Link Creation Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2010-0237- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2010-0268 No score
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a symbolic link from an untrusted registry hive to a trusted registry hive, aka "Windows Kernel Symbolic Link Creation Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2010-0268- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8fjr-4fgp-chvf No score
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges...
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and XP SP2 and SP3 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a symbolic link from an untrusted registry hive to a trusted registry hive, aka "Windows Kernel Symbolic Link Creation Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-8fjr-4fgp-chvf- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2010-0237 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Microsoft Windows 2000, published April 14, 2010. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.68%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7130
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-021
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html
secunia.com/advisories/39373
securitytracker.com/id?1023850
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0237
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8fjr-4fgp-chvf