National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3464

Overview

afd.sys in the Ancillary Function Driver (AFD) component in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 does not properly validate input sent from user mode to the kernel, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, as demonstrated using crafted pointers and lengths that bypass intended ProbeForRead and ProbeForWrite restrictions, aka "AFD Kernel Overwrite Vulnerability."

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-288A

Name: TA08-288A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-288A.html

External Source: BID

Name: 31673

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31673

External Source: MS

Name: MS08-066

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-066.mspx

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32261

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32261

External Source: XF

Name: win-ms08kb956803-update(45582)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45582

External Source: XF

Name: win-afd-privilege-escalation(45578)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45578

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021053

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021053

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081015 Exploit for MS08-066 - AFD.sys kernel memory overwrite.

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497375/100/0/threaded

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 6757

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6757

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2817

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2817

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5825

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5825

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT080143

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT080143

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122479227205998&w=2

External Source: MISC

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/10/14/ms08-066-how-to-correctly-validate-and-capture-user-mode-data.aspx

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/10/14/ms08-066-how-to-correctly-validate-and-capture-user-mode-data.aspx