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CVE-2010-5151

Race condition in avast! Internet Security 5.0.462 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute…

Medium6.2EPSS 0.30%
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Description

Race condition in avast! Internet Security 5.0.462 on Windows XP allows local users to bypass kernel-mode hook handlers, and execute dangerous code that would otherwise be blocked by a handler but not blocked by signature-based malware detection, via certain user-space memory changes during hook-handler execution, aka an argument-switch attack or a KHOBE attack. NOTE: this issue is disputed by some third parties because it is a flaw in a protection mechanism for situations where a crafted program has already begun to execute

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2010-5151, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium6.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.

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