Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-2555

Title: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-2555.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Aug 11, 2010

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.64%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-2555: The Tracing Feature for Services in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly determine the length of strings in the registry, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors involving a long string, aka "Tracing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Impacted Vendors

microsoft 3

Reference Links

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-059 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11426 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-222A.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-059 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11426

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-2555 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 11, 2010 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.