Microsoft Windows 7 User Account Control privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 7. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component User Account Control. This manipulation causes privileges management. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Windows 7 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component User Account Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2012. The weakness was presented 10/10/2012 by Rob Fuller and Chris Gates as 21843 as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared at exploit-db.com. The public release happened without involvement of Microsoft. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Rob Fuller/Chris Gates in Ruby and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (21843) and OSVDB (86865†). See VDB-6854 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Rob Fuller/Chris Gates
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: 21843
Researcher: Rob Fuller, Chris Gates
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6853
OSVDB: 86865

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2012 12:19
Updated: 09/17/2018 07:06
Changes: 11/05/2012 12:19 (52), 09/17/2018 07:06 (3)
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