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CVE-2007-1206

Published: Apr 10, 2007

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) in the Windows Kernel in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0; 2000 SP4; XP SP2; Server 2003, 2003 SP1, and 2003 SP2; and Windows Vista before June 2006; uses insecure permissions (PAGE_READWRITE) for a physical memory view, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the "zero page" during a race condition before the view is unmapped.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_HP

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

vdb-entry

x_refsource_OSVDB

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1639

vdb-entry

signature

x_refsource_OVAL

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_MS

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_CERT-VN

vdb-entry

x_refsource_VUPEN

20070410 EEYE: Windows VDM Zero Page Race Condition Privilege Escalation

mailing-list

x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_SECUNIA

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

third-party-advisory

x_refsource_CERT

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_HP

http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410a.html

x_refsource_MISC

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