CVE-2016-7271HighCVSS 6.3

Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
December 13, 2016
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-7271 →

📋 Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Secure Kernel Mode fails to properly handle objects in memory. To exploit the vulnerability, a locally-authenticated attacker could attempt to run a specially crafted application on a targeted system. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could violate virtual trust levels (VTL). The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows handles objects in memory to properly enforce VTLs.

🎯 Affected products8

  • 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 Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

✅ Remediation

KB3205383 (Security Update) KB3205386 (Security Update) KB3206632 (Security Update)

🔗 References (4)