7.8
HIGH
CVE-2010-4669
Microsoft Windows IPv6 Stack Neighbor Discovery Protocol Denial of Service
Description

The Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and system hang) by sending many Router Advertisement (RA) messages with different source addresses, as demonstrated by the flood_router6 program in the thc-ipv6 package.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 7, 2011, noon

Last Modified :

Aug. 17, 2017, 1:33 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2010-4669 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-4669 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_7
2 Microsoft windows_server_2008
3 Microsoft windows_2003_server
4 Microsoft windows_vista
5 Microsoft windows_xp

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Shell

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
3 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : March 23, 2023, 4:32 a.m. This repo has been linked 435 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 11, 2018, 7:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

IPv6 RA DoS tool for windows networks.

Python

Updated: 2 years, 1 month ago
3 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 13, 2016, 9:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2010-4669 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-4669 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/64583 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64583 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2011

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-4669 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-4669 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.42 }} -0.50%

score

0.89714

percentile

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