Microsoft Windows input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly validate ACLs on kernel objects, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (reboot) via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Improper Validation Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 08/11/2010 by Tavis Ormandy with Google Inc. as MS10-047 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-1890. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48284 (MS10-047: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981852)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90619 (Microsoft Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (MS10-047)).

Applying the patch MS10-047 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (60705), Tenable (48284) and Exploit-DB (14670). The entries 4162 and 54311 are pretty similar.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 48284
Nessus Name: MS10-047: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (981852)
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OpenVAS ID: 902093
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (981852)
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Patch: MS10-047

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS10-047
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy
Organization: Google Inc.
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-1890 (🔍)
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X-Force: 60705
Vulnerability Center: 26783 - [MS10-047] Microsoft Windows Kernel Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 42221 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Access Control Lists Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/22/2021 02:23
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (49), 03/02/2017 11:10 (30), 09/22/2021 02:15 (3), 09/22/2021 02:23 (1)
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