CVE-2013-1261
Race condition in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges, and…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Race condition in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 allows local users to gain privileges, and consequently read the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations, via a crafted application, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in MS13-016.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.47% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2003 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista · microsoft/windows xp
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-043B.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-016
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16284
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-043B.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-016
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16284
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.