A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security policies and obtain elevated privileges. This flaw is due to a design error in the Windows Security Model that does not properly validate the "keybd_event" function when handling shared and/or restricted applications, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions (e.g. imposed by the "runas" command) and obtain elevated privileges [...]
References
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/1645
http://www.haxorcitos.com/MSRC-6005bgs-EN.txt
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Andrés Tarascó and Iñaki Lopez
ChangeLog
2005-09-06 : Initial release
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