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Vulnerability in Workstation Service Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (971657)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS09-041.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to a double free error while processing arguments passed to the 'NetrGetJoinInformation()' function. This can be exploited to trigger a memory corruption via a specially crafted RPC request.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior Microsoft Windows 2k3 Service Pack 2 and prior Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1/2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1/2 and prior.

Solution

Solution

The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)