Description
NWFILTER.SYS in Novell Client 4.91 SP 1 through SP 4 for Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003 makes the \.\nwfilter device available for arbitrary user-mode input via METHOD_NEITHER IOCTLs, which allows local users to gain privileges by passing a kernel address as an argument and overwriting kernel memory locations.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27678 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38434 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018943 ↗
- https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/98/3260263_f.SAL_Public.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3846 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26420 ↗
- http://osvdb.org/40867 ↗
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=626 ↗