vulnerability
MS16-017: Security Update for Remote Desktop Display Driver to Address Elevation of Privilege (3134700)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 9, 2016 | Feb 9, 2016 | Nov 18, 2021 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 9, 2016
Added
Feb 9, 2016
Modified
Nov 18, 2021
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when an attacker logs on to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted data over the authenticated connection. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute code with elevated privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Solutions
WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-009-4e752c2f-ef69-41d1-aa08-1b8494248c1fWINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-009-62a1716b-37d0-4c3c-8e51-457b4cf65a4bWINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-049e0227-9e73-484e-8326-90fa27b530f6WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-45dc5501-4e6f-4cd2-a36a-bc0e48c68d78WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-535ecee1-901a-481a-bd43-bbcc94fca3faWINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-5bf3190e-c036-48b0-9a89-9bd3c1423bb3WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-7140e0e8-98f6-4f78-9d32-0417beca4214WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-91dd1d15-b604-4281-9bdc-d46f114ef9ceWINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-a617c910-116a-4365-8daa-f114c864bb11WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-bf5bf3b2-749b-4f4d-90a2-a7dcda459b23WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-d1d826d0-4116-44a9-b339-b4df008aac20WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-017-f7087a7b-2458-4167-aa70-7a671af9009b
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