Microsoft Windows 7 ASLR Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Windows 7. This affects an unknown part of the component ASLR. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2013-2556. The attack requires a local approach. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Windows 7 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component ASLR. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 through SP1 allows attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unknown vectors, as demonstrated against Adobe Flash Player by VUPEN during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013, aka "ASLR Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 03/07/2013 with VUPEN Security as MS13-063 as not defined tweet (Twitter). The advisory is shared at twitter.com. The public release happened without involvement of Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2556 since 03/10/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69328 (MS13-063: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2859537)), 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 100147 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS13-037)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82772), Tenable (69328), SecurityFocus (BID 58566†), OSVDB (91195†) and Secunia (SA54406†). Further details are available at h30499.www3.hp.com. The entries VDB-7680, VDB-7895, VDB-7975 and VDB-7978 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 69328
Nessus Name: MS13-063: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2859537)
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OpenVAS ID: 902990
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2859537)
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03/20/2013 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-063
Organization: VUPEN Security
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-2556 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2556
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7977

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X-Force: 82772
SecurityFocus: 58566
Secunia: 54406 - Microsoft Windows ASLR Security Bypass and NTVDM Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 91195 - Microsoft Windows 7 LdrHotPatchRoutine Function ASLR Protection Mechanism Bypass
Vulnerability Center: 38843 - [MS13-063] Microsoft Multiple Windows Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability - CVE-2013-2556, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/14/2013 10:26
Updated: 05/06/2021 10:42
Changes: 03/14/2013 10:26 (53), 04/07/2017 16:01 (28), 05/06/2021 10:36 (7), 05/06/2021 10:42 (1)
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