CVE-2007-3463 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local users can kill arbitrary processes of other users via RunAs sessions, potentially causing denial of service or privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-3463?
CVE-2007-3463 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Xp, published on 27 Jun 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Windows XP SP2 allows local users, who have sessions created by another user's RunAs (run as) command, to kill arbitrary processes of this other user, as demonstrated by the taskkill program. NOTE: the researcher claims a vendor dispute in which the vendor states that "RunAs and UAC are convenience features, not security boundaries. If you need a security guarantee, please log out and log back in with a different account.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3463?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Xp.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3463?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3463 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-3463 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3463 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Xp
Sources
Also known as GHSA-26hx-v824-3wvf.