CVE-2013-1292: microsoft windows_8 Race Condition

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1292 is a high (CVSS 7.4) Race Condition vulnerability in microsoft windows_8. EPSS estimates a 0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 09-04-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, Windows 7 Gold and SP1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages improper handling of objects in memory, aka "Win32k Race Condition Vulnerability."

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.