AMD ATI ATIDSMXX.SYS Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:25265

Info

AMD ATI ATIDSMXX.SYS Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25265
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2007-4315
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 10 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:36PM
Credit: This issue was disclosed by Alex Ionescu.
Vulnerable: ATI atidsmxx.sys 3.0.502 .0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

AMD ATI ATIDSMXX.SYS Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

An AMD ATI driver is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because it is a signed driver and can read/write kernel memory.

Attacker's can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary machine code with SYSTEM-level privileges. Successful attacks will completely compromise affected computers.

This issue affects atidsmxx.sys 3.0.502.0; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

AMD ATI ATIDSMXX.SYS Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A proof-of-concept tool called Purple Pill was made available for a short period of time by Alex Ionescu. It was available for 78 hours (starting August 7, 2007) before being pulled from distribution.

Currently we are not aware of any publicly available exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

AMD ATI ATIDSMXX.SYS Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

AMD ATI ATIDSMXX.SYS Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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