Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista/XP Win32k Application race condition
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2003/Server 2008/Vista/XP (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Win32k Application Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
Race condition in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT allows local users to gain privileges, and consequently read the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations, via a crafted application, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS13-016.
The weakness was released 02/12/2013 by Mateusz Jurczyk (j00ru) with Google Security Team as MS13-016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1249 since 01/12/2013. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 64577 (MS13-016: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778344)), 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 90867 (Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (MS13-016)).
Applying the patch KB2778344 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81637) and Tenable (64577). blog.spiderlabs.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 7661, 7676, 7637 and 7642.
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Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 64577
Nessus Name: MS13-016: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2778344)
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OpenVAS ID: 902943
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2778344)
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Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS13-016
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk (j00ru)
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1249 (🔍)
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X-Force: 81637
Vulnerability Center: 38388 - [MS13-016] Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Local Memory Read Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1249), Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Created: 02/13/2013 01:25Updated: 05/04/2021 19:58
Changes: 02/13/2013 01:25 (52), 08/19/2018 19:51 (21), 05/04/2021 19:50 (8), 05/04/2021 19:58 (1)
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