First published: Wed Dec 14 2005(Updated: )
The thread termination routine in the kernel for Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 (NTOSKRNL.EXE) allows local users to modify kernel memory and execution flow via steps in which a terminating thread causes Asynchronous Procedure Call (APC) entries to free the wrong data, aka the "Windows Kernel Vulnerability."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Windows NT | =4.0 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp4 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 2000 | =sp3 |
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