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Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Secunia Advisory:

SA29867

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Release Date:

2008-04-18

Last Update:

2009-04-30

Popularity:

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Critical:

Less critical

Impact:

Privilege escalation
System access

Where:

From remote

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 Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious users to compromise a vulnerable system.

1) An error in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) transaction facility can be exploited by a process having the SeImpersonatePrivilege to run arbitrary code with NetworkService privileges.

2) The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider improperly isolates processes running under the NetworkService or LocalService accounts. This can be exploited to run arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges by e.g. obtaining a SYSTEM token.

3) The RPCSS service improperly isolates processes running under the NetworkService or LocalService accounts. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges.

4) Incorrect access control lists (ACLs) are placed on threads in the current ThreadPool. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities requires the ability to run code in an authenticated context e.g via IIS (when ASP.NET code runs in full trust or via ISAPI extensions/filters) and SQL Server (when having administrative privileges to load and run code).

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