Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2008 @ 18:17:58 CDT in Security
by Raven
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA32326
VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/32326/
CRITICAL: Highly critical
IMPACT: System access
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/21/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1177/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1/
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/20/
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16/
Microsoft Windows XP Professional - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/22/
Microsoft Windows Vista - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/13223/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1175/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1174/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1173/
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1176/
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003 - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12399/
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 - http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18255/
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Server Service component when processing RPC requests and can be exploited via specially crafted RPC requests. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires authenticated access on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. NOTE: According to Microsoft, the vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.
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