34008 : Microsoft Windows Vista CSRSS Local Privilege Escalation
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
4	689	over 4 years ago	about 1 year ago	3 times	100%

Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2007-01-19	2007-04-10	2007-04-10

Time to Patch
81 days

Keywords

MS07-021

Description

Microsoft Windows Vista contains a flaw that may allow a malicious local user to gain access to unauthorized privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. The issue is triggered due to incorrect handling of system resources by the Client/Server Run-Time Subsystem (CSRSS) at the starting and stopping of a process. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity and a complete compromise of the affected system.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation	Windows	Vista
		Vista x64 Edition

References

Security Tracker: 1017897
OVAL ID: 1524
CVE ID: 2007-1209 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 219848
Bugtraq ID: 23338
Secunia Advisory ID: 24823
SCIP VulDB ID: 3006
Related OSVDB ID: 31659 31897
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 930178
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-1325
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-04/0156.html
Other Advisory URL: http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html
News Article: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/10/HNmspathceswindowsserverflaws_1.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-021.mspx
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS07-021
Keyword: MS07-021
US-CERT Cyber Security Alert: TA07-100A

Tools & Filters

	25024

Credit

Derek Soeder - eEye Digital Security

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-04-11 | Disagree?

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