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PCWorks: Windows 2k - Server Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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2006-08-09 14:18:50
TITLE:
Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21415

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.c
om/advisories/21415/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
http://secunia.com/pro
duct/21/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
http://secunia.com/p
roduct/1177/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
http://secunia.com/prod
uct/1/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
http://secunia.com/pro
duct/20/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows,
which 
can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated 
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified boundary 
error in
the kernel and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code
with
kernel-level privileges.

NOTE: Additional issues discovered internally by Microsoft
have 
also
been reported.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch.

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4:
http://www.microsof
t.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=08806182-6a26-4663-91e
a-179817350a91

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS06-049 (KB920958):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bullet
in/MS06-049.mspx
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