Article ID: 971486 - Last Review: May 8, 2012 - Revision: 5.0

MS09-058: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege

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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft has released security bulletin MS09-058. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites:

Home users:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/200910.aspx (http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/200910.aspx)
Skip the details: Download the updates for your home computer or laptop from the Microsoft Update Web site now:
http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate (http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/)
IT professionals:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-058.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS09-058.mspx)

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How to obtain help and support for this security update

Help installing updates: Support for Microsoft Update (http://support.microsoft.com/ph/6527)

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Troubleshooting and Support (http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bb980617.aspx)

Help protect your computer that is running Windows from viruses and malware: Virus Solution and Security Center (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_virsec_master)

Local support according to your country: International Support (http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx)

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MORE INFORMATION

Known issues with this security update

After you install this security update, you may receive a stop error message on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2. For more information about this issue, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

978243 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978243/ ) A terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 restarts unexpectedly after hotfix 971280 or security update 971486 (MS09-058) is installed

To resolve this issue, either install hotfix 978243 or security update 977165 (documented in security bulletin MS10-015). Security update 971486 is superseded by security update 977165, which includes hotfix 978243. For more information about security update 977165, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

977165 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977165/ ) MS10-015: Vulnerabilities in Windows kernel could allow elevation of privilege

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FILE INFORMATION

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time and with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

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