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Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel-Mode Driver Privilege Escalation
Secunia Advisory: SA37309
Release Date: 2009-11-10
Popularity: 1,096 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

1) An input validation error in the Win32k kernel-mode driver (Win32k.sys) when invoking a system call can be exploited to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode.

2) An error in the Win32k kernel-mode driver (Win32k.sys) when handling input passed through the kernel component of GDI (Graphics Device Interface) can be exploited to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode.

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