PT-2011-2969 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+4

Published 2011-04-13 · Updated 2024-10-17 · CVE-2011-1231

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows XP versions SP2 through SP3 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 version SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista versions SP1 through SP2 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 versions Gold through R2 SP1 Microsoft 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 vulnerability than other related issues.

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

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-1231

Affected Products

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows Xp

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1231 · 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://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2011/04/12/ms11-034-addressing-vulnerabilities-in-the-win32k-subsystem.aspx · Note
• http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100133352 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/98654 · Telegram Post
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-102A.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/47231 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025345 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66413 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44156 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12036 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/71737 · Note