CVE-2015-0010 Information

Description

The CryptProtectMemory function in cng.sys (aka the Cryptography Next Generation driver) in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Vista SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 Windows 7 SP1 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 when the CRYPTPROTECTMEMORY_SAME_LOGON option is used does not check an impersonation token’s level which allows local users to bypass intended decryption restrictions by leveraging a service that (1) has a named-pipe planting vulnerability or (2) uses world-readable shared memory for encrypted data aka \CNG Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability\ or MSRC ID 20707.

Reference

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=128 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72461 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-010