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Microsoft Windows Win32k Kernel-Mode Driver Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA37309
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Release Date:
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2009-11-10
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Popularity:
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1,365 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| 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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