CVE-2010-1225

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The memory-management implementation in the Virtual Machine Monitor (aka VMM or hypervisor) in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Gold and SP1, Virtual Server 2005 Gold and R2 SP1, and Windows Virtual PC does not properly restrict access from the guest OS to memory locations in the VMM work area, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass certain anti-exploitation protection mechanisms on the guest OS via crafted input to a vulnerable application. NOTE: the vendor reportedly found that only systems with an otherwise vulnerable application are affected, because "the memory areas accessible from the guest cannot be leveraged to achieve either remote code execution or elevation of privilege and ... no data from the host is exposed to the guest OS."

Published: 2010-04-01 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-1225 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 39.12%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-1225

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
11786 exploit_db edb 2010-03-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-1225

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-05 38.94% 39.12% +0.18%
2 2026-03-06 32.73% 38.94% +6.20%
3 2025-09-12 — 32.73% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-1225

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-1225

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-1225

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft virtual_pc 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft virtual_pc 2007 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_pc:2007:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft virtual_server 2005 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_server:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft virtual_server 2005 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:virtual_server:2005:r2_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_virtual_pc — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_virtual_pc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-1225

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