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Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVE-2010-3963

High
7.2/10

Summary

Buffer overflow in the Routing and Remote Access NDProxy component in the kernel in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3 and Server 2003 SP2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to the Routing and Remote Access service (RRAS) and improper copying from user mode to the kernel, aka "Kernel NDProxy Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-119 - Buffer Overflow

Buffer overflow attacks involve data transit and operations exceeding the restricted memory buffer, thereby corrupting or overwriting data in adjacent memory locations. Such overflow allows the attacker to run arbitrary code or manipulate the existing code to cause privilege escalation, data breach, denial of service, system crash and even complete system compromise. Given that languages such as C and C++ lack default safeguards against overwriting or accessing data in their memory, applications utilizing these languages are most susceptible to buffer overflows attacks.

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