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Windows Insecure Service Permissions Privilege Escalation

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SA18756

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Release Date:

2006-02-08

Last Update:

2006-03-14

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

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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Solution:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=004D4492-08A5-445E-B5CD-BCC9162CC8F9

Microsoft Windows Server 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B8D2D18F-8D2A-495B-83FF-1696EC1E5EA1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=B1AB9B42-80CD-4002-88FA-7A83AB15C2EE

Provided and/or discovered by:
Sudhakar Govindavajhala and Andrew W. Appel

The vendor also credits Andres Tarasco of SIA Group.

Changelog:
2006-03-14: Vendor issues patches for Windows XP SP1 and Windows Server 2003.

Original Advisory:
MS06-011 (KB914798):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-011.mspx

Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/914457.mspx

Sudhakar Govindavajhala and Andrew W. Appel:
http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/winval.pdf

Other References:
US-CERT VU#953860:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953860

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