MS12-041: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2709162)

The remote Windows host is affected by several vulnerabilities in the Kernel-Mode drivers that could allow elevation of privilege : - Flaws in the way the Windows kernel-mode drivers manage driver objects could be exploited to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode. CVE-2012-1864, CVE-2012-1865,...

Spoofing

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle user-mode input passed to kernel mode for driver objects, which allows local users to...

CVE-2012-1865

CVE-2012-1865 affects Microsoft Windows kernel- mode drivers (notably win32k.sys) across multiple OS versions (XP SP2/SP3, Server 2003 SP2, Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2/R2, and Windows 7 SP1). The root cause, as described in the CVE entry, is that user-mode input passed to kernel mode for driver ob...