VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-0020

CVSS score9 HIGH
EPSS probability32.56%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-02-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The SMB implementation in the Server service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly validate request fields, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed request, aka "SMB Pathname Overflow Vulnerability."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references