Print Spooler Service Impersonation Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-2729
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
The Print Spooler service 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, when printer sharing is enabled, does not properly validate spooler access permissions, which allows remote attackers to create files in a system directory, and consequently execute arbitrary code, by sending a crafted print request over RPC, as exploited in the wild in September 2010, aka "Print Spooler Service Impersonation Vulnerability."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004401
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004401 - Print Spooler Service Impersonation Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft windows_7 -
- microsoft windows_server_2003
- microsoft windows_server_2008
- microsoft windows_server_2008 -
- microsoft windows_server_2008 r2
- microsoft windows_vista
- microsoft windows_vista -
- microsoft windows_xp
- microsoft windows_xp -
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