CWE Code: 399
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Resource Management Errors
Summary: use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel-mode drivers in microsoft windows vista sp1 and sp2 and server 2008 gold and sp2 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by using a large number of calls to the ntusercheckaccessforintegritylevel function to trigger a failure in the lockprocessbyclientid function, leading to deletion of an in-use process object, aka "win32k reference count vulnerability."
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2010-07-02
Last Modified Date: 2017-09-19