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TITLE:
SafeCentral "shdrv.sys" Privilege Escalation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38270

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38270/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in SafeCentral, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the shdrv.sys kernel
driver when processing IOCTLs. This can be exploited to corrupt
kernel memory and execute arbitrary code in kernel space via a
specially crafted IOCTL.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.6. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users local access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
mu-b

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://digit-labs.org/files/otherstuff/unsafecentral/

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