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TITLE:
Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32247

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32247/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/22/
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16/
Microsoft Windows Vista
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13223/
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18255/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1176/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1173/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1174/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1175/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1177/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Windows, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or gain escalated privileges.

1) An error exists within the processing of window properties passed
from a parent to a child window when a new window is created. This
can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with elevated 
privileges.

2) An error while processing unspecified user mode input can be
exploited to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

3) A double-free error within the handling of system calls from
multiple threads can be exploited to cause a memory corruption.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3a6165a6-d7e7-4526-9291-290caf0639b4

Windows XP SP2/SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7718bf14-c26c-43f3-be67-4c79ab5b2607

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b06d3a02-b6e4-4d40-913a-3759a31f20f3

Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6e696762-d652-4a8f-ab8f-622f9746c320

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (optionally with SP2):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=57ca28ea-e5e1-4191-a3d6-84aa90a3d668

Windows Server 2003 with SP1/SP2 for Itanium-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1e6c3f81-85bb-48e6-a5af-635a7e540c93

Windows Vista and Windows Vista SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3483b400-cedc-441f-ba8e-594e3df89190

Windows Vista x64 Edition and Windows Vista x64 Edition SP1:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=905ab030-14a5-4a3d-aa11-e8f957f6a1ea

Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8b97114a-71aa-47a2-b9e7-f4e158c18c80

Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6e641db2-90c8-458f-9795-3e46b70a5203

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b6546e1c-bf7b-4354-8574-6c16fa707de0

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits Paul Caton of iShadow.
2) The vendor credits Thomas Garnier of SkyRecon.
3) Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS08-061 (KB954211):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-061.mspx

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