Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2008. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0080. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The ThreadPool class in Windows Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008, does not properly implement isolation among a set of distinct processes that (1) all run under the NetworkService account or (2) all run under the LocalService account, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect thread ACLs to access the resources of one of the processes, aka "Windows Thread Pool ACL Weakness Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 04/15/2009 as MS09-012 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-0080. 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.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36150 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90490 (Vulnerabilities in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (MS09-012)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS09-012 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49578), Zero-Day.cz (384), Tenable (36150), SecurityFocus (BID 34444†) and OSVDB (53668†). us-cert.gov is providing further details. The entries VDB-3686, VDB-47713 and VDB-47712 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
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Nessus ID: 36150
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OpenVAS ID: 900094
OpenVAS Name: Vulnerabilities in Windows Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (959454)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS09-012

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS09-012
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0080 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0080
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47714

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X-Force: 49578
SecurityFocus: 34444
OSVDB: 53668
SecurityTracker: 1022044
Vulnerability Center: 21589 - [MS09-012] Microsoft Windows Local Privilege Escalation Thread Pool ACL Weakness Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 06/01/2025 04:17
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (45), 04/07/2017 16:03 (16), 08/09/2021 14:17 (1), 08/09/2021 14:22 (7), 08/09/2021 14:26 (2), 07/19/2024 20:23 (21), 01/05/2025 20:08 (1), 06/01/2025 04:17 (2)
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