Microsoft Windows Macrovision secdrv.sys driver buffer overflow
| windows-secdrv-bo (37284) |
Description:
The Microsoft Windows Macrovision Security Driver (secdrv.sys) is vulnerable to an unspecified buffer overflow. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted application to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with SYSTEM privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP2 x64
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP2
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP1
- Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server x64
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP2 Professional x64
- Microsoft, Windows XP SP2
- Microsoft, Windows XP Professional x64
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-067. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Oct 17 2007 - 18:07:23 CDT , Microsoft Windows XP/2003 Macrovision SecDrv.sys privilege escalation (0day) at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-10/0275.html.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-067, Vulnerability in Macrovision Driver Could Allow Local Elevation of Privilege (944653) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-067.mspx.
- Reverse Mode News Archive, Friday, 19 October 2007, Symantec warns of local privilege escalation 0Day in Windows. Busted. at http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_mamblog&Itemid=15&task=show&action=view&id=43&Itemid=15.
- ASA-2007-511: MS07-067 Vulnerability in Macrovision Driver Could Allow Local Elevation of Privilege (944653)
- BID-26121: Macrovision SafeDisc SecDRV.SYS Method_Neither Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5587: Buffer overflow in Macrovision SafeDisc secdrv.sys before 4.3.86.0, as shipped in Microsoft Windows XP SP2, XP Professional x64 and x64 SP2, Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Server 2003 x64 and x64 SP2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted argument to a METHOD_NEITHER IOCTL, as originally discovered in the wild.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3537: Microsoft Windows Macrovision Security Driver Privilege Escalation Issue
- SA27285: Macrovision SafeDisc secdrv.sys Privilege Escalation
- SECTRACK ID: 1018833: Windows Macromedia Security Driver Buffer Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Reported:
Oct 16, 2007
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