SB2016101123 - Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published: October 11, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101123
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7211)
The vulnerability allows a local user to obtain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling crafted input. By running a specially crafted application, attacker can obtain root privileges on the affected system.
Succesful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in complete access to the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.