Microsoft Windows XP SP3 does not validate addresses in certain IRP handler routines, which allows local users to write data to arbitrary…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

23.0% · top 2.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (18)

• 1031025 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• MS14-062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
• 68764 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2014-002.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20140718 KL-001-2014-003 : Microsoft XP SP3 MQAC.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127536/Microsoft-XP-SP3-MQAC.sys-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 34112 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• 34131 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• https://www.korelogic.com/Resources/Advisories/KL-001-2014-003.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127535/Microsoft-XP-SP3-BthPan.sys-Arbitrary-Write-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128674/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Personal-Area-Networking-BthPan.sys-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 34982 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• 20140718 KL-001-2014-003 : Microsoft XP SP3 MQAC.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20140718 KL-001-2014-002 : Microsoft XP SP3 BthPan.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 109387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 60974 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20140718 KL-001-2014-002 : Microsoft XP SP3 BthPan.sys Arbitrary Write Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:34 UTC.