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MS14-070 Windows tcpip!SetAddrOptions NULL Pointer Dereference

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MS14-070 Windows tcpip!SetAddrOptions NULL Pointer Dereference

Disclosed
11/11/2014
Created
05/30/2018

Description

A vulnerability within the Microsoft TCP/IP protocol driver tcpip.sys can allow a local attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference by using a specially crafted IOCTL. This flaw can be abused to elevate privileges to SYSTEM.

Author(s)

  • Matt Bergin <level@korelogic.com>
  • Jay Smith <jsmith@korelogic.com>

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/windows/local/ms14_070_tcpip_ioctl
msf exploit(ms14_070_tcpip_ioctl) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(ms14_070_tcpip_ioctl) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(ms14_070_tcpip_ioctl) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(ms14_070_tcpip_ioctl) > exploit

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