Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-1278 - Race Condition vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
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-2013-1279.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
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| OS | 13 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Leveraging Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
- Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS13-017 |
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| date | 2013-02-12T00:00:00 |
| impact | Elevation of Privilege |
| knowledgebase_id | 2799494 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Important |
| title | Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS13-017.NASL |
| description | The Windows kernel on the remote host has the following vulnerabilities : - Multiple race condition vulnerabilities exists. (CVE-2013-1278, CVE-2013-1279) - A reference count vulnerability exists. (CVE-2013-1280) A local attacker could exploit any of these vulnerabilities to elevate privileges. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 64578 |
| published | 2013-02-12 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64578 |
| title | MS13-017: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2799494) |
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Oval
| accepted | 2013-03-25T04:00:25.297-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| description | 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-2013-1279. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| submitted | 2013-02-15T10:41:13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title | Vulnerability in Windows Kernel could allow elevation of privilege - MS13-017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| version | 72 |