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Tracker / CVE-2008-1436

CVE-2008-1436

High 9.0

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Vista, and Server 2003 and 2008 does not properly assign activities to the (1) NetworkService and (2) LocalService accounts, which might allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges by using one service process to capture a resource from a second service process that has a LocalSystem privilege-escalation ability, related to improper management of the SeImpersonatePrivilege user right, as originally reported for Internet Information Services (IIS), aka Token Kidnapping.

Affected products and versions

microsoft windows-nt
microsoft windows_server_2003
microsoft windows_server_2008
microsoft windows_vista
microsoft windows_xp

Analysis

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