SB2016101114 - Microsoft Browser Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published: October 11, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101114
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege Escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3388)
CWE-ID: CWE-46 - Path Equivalence: 'filename ' (Trailing Space)
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The weakness is due to improper defense of private namespace by the browser. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted content, trick the victim into downloading it, gain privileged permissions to the namespace directory on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability will result in privilege escalation on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.