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Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA21415

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Release Date:

2006-08-08

Last Update:

2006-09-13

Popularity:

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

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Solution:
Apply patch.

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=08806182-6a26-4663-91ea-179817350a91

NOTE: After installing the patch, compressed files larger than 4K may become corrupted on systems using NTFS file system compression. The vendor recommends disabling NTFS compression to prevent this.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2006-09-13: Added information about known issues with the patch.

Original Advisory:
MS06-049 (KB920958):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-049.mspx

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