CVE-2010-0481: Microsoft Windows 7

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista Gold, SP1, and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly translate a registry key's virtual path to its real path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka "Windows Virtual Path Parsing Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: any version; affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version; affected versions not specified

Published 2010-04-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.