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Microsoft Windows WINS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA30584

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Release Date:

2008-06-10

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 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

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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 input validation error in the Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) when handling data structures in a WINS packet. This can be exploited to overwrite memory via a specially crafted WINS packet.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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