full-disclosure - Re: Multiple WinXP kernel vulns can give user mode programs kernel mode privileges

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Message-ID: <BAY12-F93ufEyqfWbYS00036b8e@hotmail.com>
From: randnut at hotmail.com (first last)
Subject: Re: Multiple WinXP kernel vulns can give user mode
 programs kernel mode privileges

From: <auto4751@...hmail.com>
>is this really exciting, like cant u always get system if u have 
>SeDebugPrivilege
>and then go system to kernel??? c00l to get around some kernel protection
>that wont let u load a driver though

Yes, as I wrote in the advisory you can probably load a device driver 
becuase if you have the SeDebugPrivilege you're probably the admin. This 
could be useful for some programs, though.

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