Microsoft Windows race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Windows. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0021. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (affected version not known). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple race conditions in the SMB implementation in the Server service in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted (1) SMBv1 or (2) SMBv2 Negotiate packet, aka "SMB Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 02/10/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0021 since 12/14/2009. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/21/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47556 (MS10-012: Vulnerabilities in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971468) (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90579 (Microsoft SMB Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-012)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9460.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (55907), Tenable (47556), SecurityFocus (BID 38054†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24816†). Similar entries are available at VDB-51810, VDB-51809, VDB-51808 and VDB-51807. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 47556
Nessus Name: MS10-012: Vulnerabilities in SMB Could Allow Remote Code Execution (971468) (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 902269
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows SMB Server NTLM Multiple Vulnerabilities (971468)
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12/14/2009 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1862 days 🔍
01/21/2025 +3597 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-0021 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0021
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51795

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X-Force: 55907
SecurityFocus: 38054 - Microsoft Windows SMB Memory Corruption Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 24816 - [MS10-012] Microsoft Windows SMB Memory Corruption Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 01/21/2025 18:47
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (58), 02/21/2017 07:52 (13), 09/02/2021 07:50 (3), 01/21/2025 18:47 (26)
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Cache ID: 216:B4A:103

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