Microsoft Windows AFD Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:31673

Info

Microsoft Windows AFD Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 31673
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2008-3464
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 14 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 17 2008 09:57PM
Credit: Fabien Le Mentec of SkyRecon
Vulnerable: Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3
Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Windows AFD Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Ancillary Function Driver ('afd.sys').

A successful exploit of this vulnerability will let a local attacker completely compromise an affected computer.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Windows AFD Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Windows AFD Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Microsoft has released a security bulletin and fixes to address this vulnerability.


Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP2

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP3

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Itanium SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows XP Home SP3

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP1

Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP3

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2

Microsoft Windows XP Home SP2

References

Microsoft Windows AFD Driver Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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