SB2016121323 - Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published: December 13, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016121323
CSH Severity
Medium
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 vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7246)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness is due to improper handling of objects in memory in win32k.sys. By running a specially crafted program, a local attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Successful explotation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.