CVE-2014-4971

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.

Published: Jul 26, 2014
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2014-4971
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-20

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
microsoft / windows_xp	-	-

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

Vulnerability Database

289,599

CVE-2014-4971