National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3408

Overview

Csrsrv.dll in the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly check permissions for sending inter-process device-event messages from low-integrity processes to high-integrity processes, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Local Privilege Elevation Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA11-347A

Name: TA11-347A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-347A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS11-097

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS11-097

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14598

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14598

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14598

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14598