CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the virtual dos machine (vdm) in the windows kernel in microsoft windows nt 4.0; 2000 sp4; xp sp2; server 2003, 2003 sp1, and 2003 sp2; and windows vista before june 2006; uses insecure permissions (page_readwrite) for a physical memory view, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the "zero page" during a race condition before the view is unmapped.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2007-04-10
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-16