First published: Tue Jun 12 2012(Updated: )
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 gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "String Atom Class Name Handling Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-1864.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 7 | ||
Microsoft Windows 7 | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 | =sp1 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =r2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows Vista | =sp2 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp3 | |
Microsoft Windows XP | =sp2 |
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