Vulnerability Note VU#337953

Microsoft Windows Kernel vulnerable to privilege escalation

Overview

The Microsoft Windows Kernel contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that may allow a local attacker to take control of the system.

I. Description

The Microsoft Windows Kernel fails to properly set permissions when mapping to a memory segment. By running a specially crafted application, an attacker may be able to trigger this vulnerability.

For more information, please refer to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-022.

II. Impact

A local, authenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

III. Solution

Apply an Update

Microsoft was released updates in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-022 to address this issue.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Microsoft Corporation	Vulnerable	10-Apr-2007

References

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-022.mspx

Credit

This vulnerability was reported in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-022. Microsoft credits eEye for reporting the vulnerability to them.

This document was written by Katie Steiner.

Other Information

Date Public:	2007-04-10
Date First Published:	2007-04-10
Date Last Updated:	2007-04-10
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-2007-1206
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-2007-1206
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	2.29
Document Revision:	8

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