CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.8
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the tracing feature for services in microsoft windows vista sp1 and sp2, windows server 2008 gold, sp2, and r2, and windows 7 does not properly determine the length of strings in the registry, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors involving a long string, aka "tracing memory corruption vulnerability."
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2010-08-11
Last Modified Date: 2018-10-30