Microsoft Windows up to XP win32k.sys access control

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to XP (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file win32k.sys. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

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 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Dereference Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 07/09/2013 by Alexandar Chizhov (Dr.Web) as MS13-053 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1340 since 01/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67210 (MS13-053: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850851)), 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 90894 (Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Remote Code Execution (MS13-053)).

Applying the patch MS13-053 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (67210). The entries 8829, 9398, 9399 and 9400 are related to this item.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 67210
Nessus Name: MS13-053: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850851)
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OpenVAS ID: 902978
OpenVAS Name: MS Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2850851)
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Patch: MS13-053

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-053
Researcher: Alexandar Chizhov (Dr.Web)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1340 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 40388 - [MS13-053] Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Server 2012, and Windows RT Win32k Dereference Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 60960
OSVDB: 94966 - Microsoft Windows win32k.sys Memory Object Dereference Handling Local Privilege Escalation

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Created: 07/10/2013 15:29
Updated: 05/18/2021 08:52
Changes: 07/10/2013 15:29 (51), 08/19/2018 19:58 (25), 05/18/2021 08:50 (7), 05/18/2021 08:52 (2)
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