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Microsoft Windows Workstation Service Memory Corruption Vulnerability( 12 August 2009 )

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 12 Aug 2009 5143 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Workstation Service due to a possible "Double Free" condition occurring in the service. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.