>> Microsoft Windows Macrovision Security Driver Privilege Escalation Issue
Title : Microsoft Windows Macrovision Security Driver Privilege Escalation Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3537 CVE ID : CVE-2007-5586 - CVE-2007-5587
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-10-19
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the Macrovision Security Driver (secdrv.sys) when processing user-supplied data, which could be exploited by local unprivileged attackers to gain Ring0 privileges and take complete control of an affected system.
Note : This vulnerability is reportedly being exploited in the wild.
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