CVE-2007-1209 (GCVE-0-2007-1209)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-04-10 21:00
Modified
2024-08-07 12:50
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows Vista does not properly handle connection resources when starting and stopping processes, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening and closing multiple ApiPort connections, which leaves a "dangling pointer" to a process data structure.
References
secure@microsoft.com http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
secure@microsoft.com http://secunia.com/advisories/24823
secure@microsoft.com http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2531
secure@microsoft.com http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219848 US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com http://www.osvdb.org/34008
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/465233/100/0/threaded
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466331/100/200/threaded
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23338
secure@microsoft.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017897
secure@microsoft.com http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html US Government Resource
secure@microsoft.com http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325 Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
secure@microsoft.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1524
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070410b.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/24823
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2531
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/219848 US Government Resource
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23338
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017897
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-100A.html US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1325 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-021
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