CVE-2014-4971

Summary

CVECVE-2014-4971
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-26 15:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2014-003.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.korelogic.com Exploit
Microsoft XP SP3 MQAC.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Full Disclosure: KL-001-2014-002 : Microsoft XP SP3 BthPan.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
Microsoft XP SP3 BthPan.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
www.osvdb.org/109387 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Microsoft Bluetooth Personal Area Networking (BthPan.sys) Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Bluetooth Personal Area Networking (BthPan.sys) Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, VDB Entry
Full Disclosure: KL-001-2014-003 : Microsoft XP SP3 MQAC.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Windows XP SP3 - BthPan.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-062 - Important | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Multiple Microsoft Products Arbitrary Memory Write Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Windows XP SP3 MQAC.sys - Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2014-002.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.korelogic.com Exploit
Assessing Risk for the October 2014 Security Updates - Security Research & Defense - Site Home - TechNet Blogs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.technet.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Message Queuing Service Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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