SB2013112701 - Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5065)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper validation of input by the NDProxy.sys kernel component. A local attacker with valid login credentials can use a malicious application to gain kernel privileges and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms14-002