The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold,…

Description

The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 do not properly manage a window class, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a window, then using (1) the SetWindowLongPtr function to modify the popup menu structure, or (2) the SwitchWndProc function with a switch window information pointer, which is not re-initialized when a WM_NCCREATE message is processed, aka "Win32k Window Class Vulnerability."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (5)

• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://mista.nu/blog/2010/12/01/windows-class-handling-gone-wrong/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 15894 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• TA10-285A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• MS10-073 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred

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)
• FIRST EPSS (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-2744](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-2744.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-2744)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:46 UTC.