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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS07-053 Vulnerability in Windows Services for UNIX Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (939778) Microsoft Windows Critical 12-09-2007

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A vulnerability exists in Windows Services for UNIX 3.0, Windows Services for UNIX 3.5, and Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications where running certain setuid binary files could allow an attacker to gain elevation of privilege.
Detailed Information on the risk:
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain elevation of privilege.Further information on this exploit is available at : MS07-053

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Vista
Windows Vista x64 Edition