PT-2013-3015 · Microsoft · Windows Vista+4

Published 2013-02-13 · Updated 2023-12-07 · CVE-2013-1256

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description A race condition in the win32k.sys kernel-mode driver allows local users to gain privileges and read the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application.

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

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1256

Affected Products

Windows 7

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

Windows Vista

Windows Xp

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1256 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16436 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-043B.html · Note