Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2013-3660 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
| Exploitation vector | Local |
| Public exploit | This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Windows Operating systems & Components / Operating system Windows Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
| Vendor | Microsoft |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation
EUVDB-ID: #VU4790
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3660
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the failure to properly initialize a pointer for the next object in a certain list by the EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec function within kernel-mode driver (win32k.sys). A local attacker can use multiple FlattenPath function calls to obtain write access to the PATHRECORD chain and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
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Windows: XP, 8, 7, Vista
Windows Server: 2003 - 2012
CPE2.3 External links
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms13-053
Q & A
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Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
