Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2010-2740 First vendor Publication 2010-10-13
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2019-02-26

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The OpenType Font (OTF) format driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly perform memory allocation during font parsing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability."

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2740

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7258
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7258
Title: OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability
Description: The OpenType Font (OTF) format driver in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 does not properly perform memory allocation during font parsing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "OpenType Font Parsing Vulnerability."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-2740
Version: 3
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1
Os 1
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-10-13 Name : OpenType Font (OTF) Format Driver Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2279986)
File : nvt/secpod_ms10-078.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
68559 Microsoft Windows OpenType Font Parsing Unspecified Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Windows contains a flaw that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands or code. An error in the parsing of OTF (OpenType Font) files can be exploited by loading a properly formatted font and then reload it with specially crafted offset and length fields for the head table of the font. This flaw may allow execution of arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 OpenType Font file integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 23155 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2014-01-10 OpenType Font file integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 23154 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2014-01-10 OpenType Font file integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 23153 - Revision : 5 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2014-01-10 OpenType Font file integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 23152 - Revision : 8 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2014-01-10 OpenType Font file parsing buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 17765 - Revision : 6 - Type : OS-WINDOWS
2014-01-10 OpenType Font file parsing denial of service attempt
RuleID : 17752 - Revision : 11 - Type : FILE-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2010-10-13 Name : The remote Windows host contains a font driver that allows privilege escalation.
File : smb_nt_ms10-078.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
CONFIRM http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100113218
MS https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...

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