Secunia Security Advisory - Core Security Technologies has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Microsoft Windows WINS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45891
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-13
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DESCRIPTION:
Core Security Technologies has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft
Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Windows Internet
Name Service (WINS) and can be exploited via a specially crafted
sequence of WINS replication packets sent to the loopback interface.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code with
the privileges of the WINS service.
SOLUTION:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Nicolas Economou, Core Security Technologies.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS11-070 (KB2571621):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-070
Core Security Technologies:
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/ms-wins-ecommenddlg-input-validation
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