National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0045

Overview

The Trace Events functionality in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP3 does not properly perform type conversion, which causes integer truncation and insufficient memory allocation and triggers a buffer overflow, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to WmiTraceMessageVa, aka "Windows Kernel Integer Truncation Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MS

Name: MS11-011

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS11-011.mspx

External Source: XF

Name: ms-win-kernel-privilege-escalation(64926)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/64926

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-064

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-064

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0324

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0324

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025046

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025046

External Source: BID

Name: 46136

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46136

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20110208 ZDI-11-064: Microsoft Windows WmiTraceMessageVa Local Kernel Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/516276/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127248

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100127248

External Source: SREASON

Name: 8110

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8110

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11996

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11996

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 70823

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/70823

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11996

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11996