Privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Server 2008
CVE-2009-0080
The ThreadPool class in Windows Vista Gold and SP1, and Server 2008, does not properly implement isolation among a set of distinct processes that (1) all run under the NetworkService account or (2) all run under the LocalService account, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging incorrect thread ACLs to access the resources of one of the processes, aka "Windows Thread Pool ACL Weakness Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-012 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1026 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/53668 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6177 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)