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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows XP (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Integer overflow in Memory Manager in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers an erroneous decrement of a variable, related to validation of parameters for Virtual Address Descriptors (VADs) and a "memory allocation mapping error," aka "Virtual Address Descriptor Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
The weakness was shared 10/14/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4036. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34409 (MS08-064: Microsoft Windows Virtual Address Descriptors (VAD) Local Privilege Escalation (956841)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45572) and Tenable (34409). The entries 44527, 44533, 44532 and 44531 are related to this item.
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Class: Numeric errorCWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 34409
Nessus Name: MS08-064: Microsoft Windows Virtual Address Descriptors (VAD) Local Privilege Escalation (956841)
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OpenVAS ID: 900225
OpenVAS Name: Virtual Address Descriptor Manipulation Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (956841)
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09/10/2008 🔍10/14/2008 🔍
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Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-4036 (🔍)
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X-Force: 45572
Vulnerability Center: 19725 - [MS08-064] Microsoft Windows Memory Manager VAD Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 31675
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/02/2021 13:52
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (39), 04/07/2017 16:03 (20), 08/02/2021 13:34 (1), 08/02/2021 13:41 (7), 08/02/2021 13:46 (2), 08/02/2021 13:52 (1)
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