Description
An issue was discovered in Npcap 0.992. Sending a malformed .pcap file with the loopback adapter using either pcap_sendqueue_queue() or pcap_sendqueue_transmit() results in kernel pool corruption. This could lead to arbitrary code executing inside the Windows kernel and allow escalation of privileges.
Published: 2019-04-24
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-3163 An issue was discovered in Npcap 0.992. Sending a malformed .pcap file with the loopback adapter using either pcap_sendqueue_queue() or pcap_sendqueue_transmit() results in kernel pool corruption. This could lead to arbitrary code executing inside the Windows kernel and allow escalation of privileges.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T22:55:40.638Z

Reserved: 2019-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-11490

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-24T03:29:00.267

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:21:11.503

Link: CVE-2019-11490

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