Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Win32k Memory Corruption (MS11-012; CVE-2011-0090)

The Windows kernel-mode driver win32k.sys is a kernel-mode device driver and is the kernel part of the Windows subsystem. It contains the window manager and the Graphics Device Interface GDI. It also serves as a wrapper for DirectX support. An elevation of privilege vulnerability has been...

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-2011-0090

CVE-2011-0090 concerns Win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers of affected Windows versions (XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1/SP2, Server 2008 Gold/SP2/R2, and Windows 7). The vulnerability stems from improper validation of data passed from user mode to kernel mode, enabling local privilege e...