Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2008/Vista Kernel race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2008/Vista and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Kernel. Executing a manipulation can lead to race condition. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-1888. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 7/Server 2008/Vista (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Race condition in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving thread creation, aka "Windows Kernel Data Initialization Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 08/10/2010 by Tavis Ormandy (@taviso) with Google Security Team as MS10-047 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-1888 since 05/11/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Tavis Ormandy in ANSI C and been published 1 weeks after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit 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 and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90619 (Microsoft Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (MS10-047)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS10-047 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (60705), Exploit-DB (14666), Tenable (48284), SecurityFocus (BID 42211†) and OSVDB (66990†). The entries VDB-54312 and VDB-54311 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Tavis Ormandy
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS10-047

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS10-047
Researcher: Tavis Ormandy (@taviso)
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-1888 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1888
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4162

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X-Force: 60705
SecurityFocus: 42211 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Threads Creation Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 40871 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Denial of Service and Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 66990 - Microsoft Windows Kernel Object ACL Validation SeObjectCreateSaclAccessBits() Local DoS
Vulnerability Center: 26781 - [MS10-047] Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2010 02:00
Updated: 03/18/2021 09:08
Changes: 08/19/2010 02:00 (90), 04/07/2017 12:38 (15), 03/18/2021 09:08 (3)
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