CVE-2010-2729

Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—💥 Exploit

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."

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Base score: 9.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 76%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 100
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · MS10-061 Microsoft Print Spooler Service Impersonation Vulnerability
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Windows - Print Spooler Service Impersonation (MS10-061) (Metasploit) (2/17/2011)

Affected technologies (5)

Microsoft — Windows 7 Microsoft — Windows Server 2003 Microsoft — Windows Server 2008 Microsoft — Windows Vista Microsoft — Windows XP

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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