>> Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (MS08-025)
Title : Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (MS08-025) VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1149 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1084
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-08
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the Windows kernel when processing user-supplied data, which could be exploited by malicious users to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges and take complete control of an affected system.
