Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
5 Jan 2015 10:26
Release Date:
5 Jan 2015
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RISK: High Risk
TYPE: Operating Systems - Windows OS
A vulnerability has been identified in Windows Kernel, which can be exploited by local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.
The NtApphelpCacheControl() function in 'ahcache.sys' does not properly validate the caller's impersonation token for administrator privileges. A local user can exploit this to run execute arbitrary code on the target system with elevated privileges.
Note: No solution is available at the time of this entry.
Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
System / Technologies affected
- Windows 8.1
Solutions
- No solution was available at the time of this entry.
Vulnerability Identifier
- No CVE information is available
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