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Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (981957)

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

4 years ago

Summary

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-073.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to an error in the kernel-mode device driver 'Win32k.sys' - when handling the reference count for an object. - which fails to properly index a table of function pointers when loading a keyboard layout from disk. - which fails to properly manage a window class.

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 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 and prior. Microsoft Windows 7

Solution

Solution

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

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)