CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the kernel-mode drivers in microsoft windows xp sp2 and sp3, windows server 2003 sp2, windows vista sp1 and sp2, windows server 2008 gold, sp2, and r2, and windows 7 do not properly manage a window class, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a window, then using (1) the setwindowlongptr function to modify the popup menu structure, or (2) the switchwndproc function with a switch window information pointer, which is not re-initialized when a wm_nccreate message is processed, aka "win32k window class vulnerability."
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2010-10-13
Last Modified Date: 2019-02-26