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Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12804
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Release Date:
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2004-10-12
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Last Update:
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2004-10-14
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Popularity:
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19,872 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows Millenium
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain escalated privileges, or compromise a vulnerable system.
1) Missing restrictions on several Window Management API functions can be exploited via a malicious program to change the properties of other programs running with higher privileges.
This may allow malicious, local users to change the properties of a privileged process in a way that allows escalation of the user's privileges.
2) An error in the way memory is referenced in the component used for handling the VDM (Virtual DOS Machine) subsystem can be exploited to access protected kernel memory.
This may allow a malicious, local users to gain kernel level privileges via a specially crafted program.
3) A boundary error in the Graphics Rendering Engine when handling WMF (Windows Metafile) and EMF (Enhanced Metafile) images can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted image.
This can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system, but requires that a user is tricked into opening a malicious image or visit a malicious web site.
This vulnerability may be related to:
SA10968
4) An error in the Windows Kernel related to the way some values in CPU data structures are reset can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS via a specially crafted program.
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