Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - CVE-2017-0101ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:39359 | Date: (C)2017-03-16 (M)2022-10-10 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Transaction Manager improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.In a local attack scenario, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a specially crafted application to take control over the affected system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Transaction Manager handles objects in memory.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |