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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS13-062 Vulnerability in Remote Procedure Call Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2849470) Windows XP Important 14-08-2013

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker sends a specially crafted RPC request.
Detailed Information on the risk:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Windows handles asynchronous RPC requests. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code and take complete control of an affected system.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS13-062

Affected Software

Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 8
Windows 8 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 8 for 64-bit Systems
Windows RT
Windows RT[1]
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
Windows Vista
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2