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Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA8609

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Release Date:

2003-04-16

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 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in some versions of Windows, which can be exploited by malicious users on a vulnerable system to escalate their privileges.

The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error in the kernel due to a flaw in the way error messages are passed to debuggers. A malicious user can exploit this by running a specially crafted program, which causes a buffer overflow by sending malformed debugger messages to the kernel.

Successful exploitation allows a malicious user to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system with escalated privileges.

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