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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS13-053 Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2850851) Windows XP Critical 10-07-2013

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves two publicly disclosed and six privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows.
Detailed Information on the risk:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows kernel-mode driver improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.Further information on this exploit is available at : MS13-053

Affected Software

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