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Secunia Advisory SA51239

Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Three Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory SA51239
Secunia VIM 4.0 - Free Trial
Release Date 2012-11-13
Last Update 2012-12-20
   
Popularity 3,303 views
Comments 0 comments

Criticality level Highly criticalHighly critical
Impact Privilege escalation
System access
Where From remote
Authentication level This information is available to Secunia VIM customers
   
Report reliability This information is available to Secunia VIM customers
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
Systems affected This information is available to Secunia VIM customers
Approve distribution This information is available to Secunia VIM customers
Remediation status Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI
Automated scanning Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI
   
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft Windows RT
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 Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Secunia CVSS Score This information is available to Secunia VIM Customers
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2012-2530 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2012-2553 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2012-2897 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
  

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) A use-after-free error exists within win32k.sys when handling certain objects in memory.

2) Another use-after-free error exists within win32k.sys when handling certain objects in memory.

3) An error exists within the kernel when parsing TrueType fonts and can be exploited via a specially crafted font file.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of arbitrary code.


Solution
Apply updates.
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers

Provided and/or discovered by
1) Reported by the vendor
2) Matthew Jurczyk, Google
3) Eetu Luodemaa and Joni Vahamaki, Documill via Chromium Security Rewards Program

Changelog
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers

Original Advisory
Microsoft (KB2761226):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-075

Matthew Jurczyk:
http://j00ru.vexillium.org/?p=1479

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