Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-2739

Title: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2010-2739

CWE Category CWE-119

Published Date Sep 07, 2010

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.75%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2010-2739: Buffer overflow in the CreateDIBPalette function in win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Server 2003 R2 Enterprise SP2, Vista Business SP1, Windows 7, and Server 2008 SP2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by performing a clipboard operation (GetClipboardData API function) with a crafted bitmap with a palette that contains a large number of colors.

Impacted Vendors

microsoft 6

Reference Links

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/08/10/update-on-the-publicly-disclosed-win32k-sys-eop-vulnerability.aspx http://secunia.com/advisories/40870 http://www.ragestorm.net/blogs/?p=255 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2029 https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2010/08/update-on-the-publicly-disclosed-win32k-sys-eop-vulnerability/ http://blogs.technet.com/b/msrc/archive/2010/08/10/update-on-the-publicly-disclosed-win32k-sys-eop-vulnerability.aspx http://secunia.com/advisories/40870 http://www.ragestorm.net/blogs/?p=255 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2029 https://msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2010/08/update-on-the-publicly-disclosed-win32k-sys-eop-vulnerability/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-2739 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14566

View Code

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.

September 07, 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:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.