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Microsoft Windows LSASS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:	SA28341
Release Date:	2008-01-08
Last Update:	2008-01-09

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 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 Storage Server 2003 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional


CVE reference:	CVE-2007-5352 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges via a specially crafted local procedure call (LPC) request. Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector. Solution: Apply patches. Windows 2000 SP4: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=7956632e-17d9-4876-8340-84fe3e43e5cc Windows XP SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=6a4cf182-8e36-490e-aefe-edb7b3a0df9c Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=51fc657b-2b4a-4725-a744-d279e027c4a5 Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=12397b47-b18f-4d4d-b8d7-adec8ff310d5 Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=f19fd790-a4e6-4a8a-8077-d1bbfe37ecca Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...=0382a195-aa3d-409b-8a79-9fe61588d8a9 Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Thomas Garnier, SkyRecon. Changelog: 2008-01-09: Added link to US-CERT. Original Advisory: MS08-002 (KB943485): http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-002.mspx Other References: US-CERT VU#410025: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410025



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