Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (2479628)

This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS11-012. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: secpodms11-012.nasl 8724 2018-02-08 15:02:56Z cfischer $ Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities 2479628 Authors: Sooraj KS Copyright: Copyright c 2011...

CVE-2011-0088

CVE-2011-0088 is a Windows kernel‑mode privilege elevation vulnerability in the Win32k.sys driver. The root cause is improper validation of data passed from user mode to kernel mode, enabling a local attacker to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. Affected products include Windows XP (...