National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0088
Original release date:02/09/2011
Last revised:07/19/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, and R2, and Windows 7 does not properly validate user-mode input, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Window Class Pointer Confusion Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: MS
Name: MS11-012
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2011-0325
Type: Advisory
External Source: BID
Name: 46147
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 43255
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12553
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 70816
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12553
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
