This vulnerability allows local malicious users to escalate privileges on affected installations of Microsoft Windows. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the GreStartDocInternal function. By making crafted calls into this function, an attacker can overflow the reference counter of a bitmap object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.
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microsoft windows server 2008 r2 |
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microsoft windows 7 - |
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microsoft windows server 2012 r2 |
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microsoft windows server 2016 - |
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microsoft windows rt 8.1 - |
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microsoft windows server 2012 - |
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microsoft windows server 2008 - |
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microsoft windows 8.1 - |
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microsoft windows server 2019 - |
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microsoft windows server 2022 - |
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microsoft windows 11 22h2 - |
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microsoft windows 10 1607 - |
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microsoft windows 10 1809 - |
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microsoft windows 10 21h2 - |
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microsoft windows 10 20h2 - |
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microsoft windows 10 22h2 - |
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microsoft windows 11 21h2 - |
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