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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-4971 Detail

Description

Microsoft Windows XP SP3 does not validate addresses in certain IRP handler routines, which allows local users to write data to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted address in an IOCTL call, related to (1) the MQAC.sys driver in the MQ Access Control subsystem and (2) the BthPan.sys driver in the Bluetooth Personal Area Networking subsystem.


Evaluator Description

CWE-123: Write-what-where Condition CWE-123: Write-what-where Condition

Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127535/Microsoft-XP-SP3-BthPan.sys-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html CVE, MITRE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127536/Microsoft-XP-SP3-MQAC.sys-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html CVE, MITRE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128674/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Personal-Area-Networking-BthPan.sys-Privilege-Escalation.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  VDB Entry 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/96 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/97 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://secunia.com/advisories/60974 CVE, MITRE Permissions Required 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34112 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34131 CVE, MITRE
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34982 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.osvdb.org/109387 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532843/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532844/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68764 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031025 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-062 CVE, MITRE
https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2014-002.txt CVE, MITRE Exploit 
https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2014-003.txt CVE, MITRE Exploit 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-4971
NVD Published Date:
07/26/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE