>> Microsoft Windows Client Server Run-Time Subsystem Memory Disclosure Vulnerability
Title : Microsoft Windows Client Server Run-Time Subsystem Memory Disclosure Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-5197 CVE ID : CVE-2006-6797
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-12-28
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by local attackers to disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue is due to an error in the Client Server Run-Time Subsystem (CSRSS) process that does not validate user-supplied parameters when calling "NtRaiseHardError()", which could be exploited by malicious users to gain unauthorized read access to the "csrss.exe" process memory.
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