CVE-2011-1229

CVE-2011-1229 is a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Windows kernel identified as the Win32k NULL Pointer De-reference. It affects win32k.sys in multiple Windows platforms: XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP1/SP2, Server 2008 Gold/SP2/R2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1. A crafted a...

Microsoft Windows Kernel 'Win32k.sys' (CVE-2011-1229) Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability that occurs in the Windows kernel due to a NULL-pointer dereference. A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges. Successful exploits will result in the complete...