PT-2011-2967 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+4

Published 2011-04-13 · Updated 2021-03-26 · CVE-2011-1229

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Windows Vista versions SP1 through SP2 Windows Server 2008 versions Gold through R2 SP1 Windows 7 versions Gold through SP1

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that triggers a NULL pointer dereference. This is a different issue than other similar vulnerabilities.

Recommendations For Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3, apply the Microsoft patch to resolve the issue. For Windows Server 2003 version SP2, apply the Microsoft patch to resolve the issue. For Windows Vista versions SP1 through SP2, apply the Microsoft patch to resolve the issue. For Windows Server 2008 versions Gold through R2 SP1, apply the Microsoft patch to resolve the issue. For Windows 7 versions Gold through SP1, apply the Microsoft patch to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1229

Affected Products

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows Xp

References · 12

• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/04/12/ms11-034-addressing-vulnerabilities-in-the-win32k-subsystem.aspx · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1229 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-034 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0952 · Note
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100133352 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/71735 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12503 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66411 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/47229 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025345 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44156 · Note