CVE-2014-4971
HIGHEPSS 97th pctlDescription
Microsoft Windows XP SP3 does not validate addresses in certain IRP handler routines, which allows local users to write data to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted address in an IOCTL call, related to (1) the MQAC.sys driver in the MQ Access Control subsystem and (2) the BthPan.sys driver in the Bluetooth Personal Area Networking subsystem.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127535/Microsoft-XP-SP3-BthPan.sys-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127536/Microsoft-XP-SP3-MQAC.sys-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128674/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Personal-Area-Networking-BthPan.sys-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/96
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/97
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60974
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34112
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34131
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34982
- http://www.osvdb.org/109387
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532843/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532844/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68764
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031025
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-062
- https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2014-002.txt
- https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2014-003.txt
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