Shatter Attack: Privilege Elevation via Windows WM_TIMER Message Handling Vulnerability

CVE-2002-1230 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NetDDE Agent on Windows NT 4.0, 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows local users to execute arbitrary code as LocalSystem via "shatter" style attack by sending a WM_COPYDATA message followed by a WM_TIMER message, as demonstrated by GetAd, aka "Flaw in Windows WM_TIMER Message Handling Could Enable Privilege Elevation."

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