CVE-2011-1281

Microsoft Windows - Local Privilege Escalation via CSRSS Console Object Allocation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and SP2, Windows Server 2008 Gold, SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly restrict the number of console objects for a process, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted application that triggers an incorrect memory assignment for a user transaction, aka "CSRSS Local EOP AllocConsole Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12602
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-193A.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0212
EPSS Percentile 79.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (7)
microsoft/windows_2003_server
microsoft/windows_7 (3 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2003
microsoft/windows_server_2008 (6 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_server_2008 r2 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_vista (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/windows_xp (2 CPE variants)
Published Jul 13, 2011
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026