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Vigil@nce - Windows 8, RT: privilege escalation via Defender
April 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can store a malicious program, and use Windows
Defender, in order to escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: Windows 8, Windows RT
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 09/04/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Windows Defender (Microsoft Antimalware Client) program is
installed on Windows 8 and RT.
It uses the application %ProgramFiles%\Windows\Defender\MsMpEng.exe.
However, the access path to this application is not used.
A local attacker can therefore store a malicious program, and use
Windows Defender, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Windows-8-RT-privilege-escalation-via-Defender-12639
