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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS10-084 Vulnerability in Windows Local Procedure Call Could Cause Elevation of Privilege (2360937) Windows Server Critical 13-10-2010

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs specially crafted code that sends an LPC message to the local LRPC Server. The message could then allow an authenticated user to access resources that are running in the context of the NetworkService account.
Detailed Information on the risk:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Remote Procedure Call Subsystem (RPCSS) running in the context of the NetworkService account, where a local application can use LPC to request that the LPC server connect back to the client using LRPC. This request could contain specially crafted data designed to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, allowing an authenticated user to access resources running in the context of the NetworkService account.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS10-084

Affected Software

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Service Pack 3