A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows XP, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by input validation errors in the I2O Filter Utility Driver (i2omgmt.sys) and insecure permissions being set on the "\\.\I2OExc" device interface (write access granted to "Everyone"), which could be exploited by unprivileged users to overwrite arbitrary memory addresses and execute malicious code with kernel privileges.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Rubén Santamarta (reversemode) via iDefense Labs.
ChangeLog
2008-05-13 : Initial release
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