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TITLE:
Microsoft Windows LSASS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28341

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28341/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
http://secunia.com/product/21/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
http://secunia.com/product/1177/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
http://secunia.com/product/1/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
http://secunia.com/product/20/
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
http://secunia.com/product/16/
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
http://secunia.com/product/22/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1175/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1174/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1173/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
http://secunia.com/product/1176/
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
http://secunia.com/product/12399/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in Local Security
Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) and can be exploited to execute
arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges via a specially crafted local
procedure call (LPC) request.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7956632e-17d9-4876-8340-84fe3e43e5cc

Windows XP SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6a4cf182-8e36-490e-aefe-edb7b3a0df9c

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=51fc657b-2b4a-4725-a744-d279e027c4a5

Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=12397b47-b18f-4d4d-b8d7-adec8ff310d5

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f19fd790-a4e6-4a8a-8077-d1bbfe37ecca

Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0382a195-aa3d-409b-8a79-9fe61588d8a9

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Thomas Garnier, SkyRecon.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS08-002 (KB943485):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-002.mspx

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