Vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7

CVE-2013-1279

Race condition in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages incorrect handling of objects in memory, aka "Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-1278.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.012 (64.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows_7
Microsoft Windows_server_2003
Microsoft Windows_server_2008
Microsoft Windows_vista
Microsoft Windows_xp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)
secure@microsoft.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
secure@microsoft.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)