CVE-2011-1229

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers a NULL pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than other "Vulnerability Type 2" CVEs listed in MS11-034, aka "Win32k Null Pointer De-reference Vulnerability."

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 13 years ago

2011-04-13 20:26:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-02-28 01:32:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 on Itanium

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 on x64

r2

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (initial release)

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

Avaya Basic Call Management System Reporting Desktop

Avaya Computer Telephony

Avaya Enterprise Manager

Avaya Integrated Management

Avaya Interaction Center

Avaya IP Agent

Avaya Network Reporting

Avaya Operational Analyst

Avaya Speech Access

Avaya Unified Communication Center

Avaya Visual Messenger TM

Avaya Visual Vector Client

Avaya Web Messenger

References

http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/04/12/ms11-034-addressing-vulnerabilities-in-the-win32k-subsystem.aspx

Vendor Advisory

71735

Broken Link

44156

Third Party Advisory

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100133352

Third Party Advisory

47229

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1025345

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

TA11-102A

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

ADV-2011-0952

Broken Link

MS11-034

Patch, Vendor Advisory

mswin-win32k-var17-priv-escalation(66411)

VDB Entry

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12503

Third Party Advisory

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.