CVE-2016-7223HighCVSS 6.8

VHD Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
November 8, 2016
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-7223 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Virtual Hard Disk Drive fails to properly handle user access to certain files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could manipulate files in locations not intended to be available to the user. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need access to the local system and the ability to execute a specially crafted application on the system. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the kernel API restricts access to these files.

🎯 Affected products15

  • Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
  • Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
  • Windows RT 8.1
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB3198585 (Security Update) KB3198586 (Security Update) KB3200970 (Security Update) KB3197874 (Monthly Rollup) KB3197873 (Security Only) KB3197877 (Monthly Rollup) KB3197876 (Security Only)

🔗 References (8)