SB2008041701 - Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows
Published: April 17, 2008 Updated: December 14, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2008041701
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2008-1436)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper security restrictions on security tokens in the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service. By sending a specially crafted request to the MSDTC service, an attacker can access privileged security tokens and execute code with privileges of SYSTEM account.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation allowing to execute arbitrary code and take complete control of an affected system.
Note: this vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.