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Title : Microsoft Windows Kernel Local Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2769
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
CWE ID : CWE-189
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-09

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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Windows, which could potentially be exploited by local attackers to gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by an integer overflow error within the Kernel "IopfCompleteRequest()" function when traversing stack locations while trying to complete an IRP, which could be exploited via third-party drivers to crash an affected system or execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Ruben Santamarta (Wintercore).

ChangeLog

2008-10-09 : Initial release

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