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Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2436673)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-098.

Insight

Insight

The flaws are due to the way windows kernel-mode driver, - improperly allocate memory when copying data from user mode - frees objects that are no longer in use - manage kernel-mode driver objects - validate input passed from user mode.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and prior.

Solution

Solution

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