Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows XP, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
An input validation error within a certain IOCTL handler in the I2O Utility Filter driver (i2omgmt.sys) and insecure permissions on the \\.\I2OExc device interface can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary memory and execute code with kernel privileges.
The vulnerability is reported in Windows XP SP2 including i2omgmt.sys version 5.1.2600.2180. Other versions may also be affected.
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