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Credit:
The information has been provided by Sebastien Renaud.
The original article can be found at: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2010/Jun/116
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2
* Microsoft Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
* Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3
* Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) Service Pack 2
* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x64) Service Pack 2
* Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Itanium) Service Pack 2
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 (Itanium)
* Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
* Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
The vulnerability is caused by a memory corruption within the kernel-mode device driver "Win32k.sys" when handling Device Contexts (DC) via the "GetDCEx()" function, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain ring0 privileges via a specially crafted application.
Patch Availability:
Apply MS10-032 security update:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-032.mspx
CVE Information:
CVE-2010-0484
Disclosure Timeline:
2009-11-25 - Vendor notified
2009-11-25 - Vendor response
2010-06-08 - Coordinated public Disclosure
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