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MS16-031: Security Update for Microsoft Windows to Address Elevation of Privilege (3140410)

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MS16-031: Security Update for Microsoft Windows to Address Elevation of Privilege (3140410)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/08/2016
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows fails to properly sanitize handles in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code as System. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-0887d465-a5a3-47b2-a293-c2b9230e783c
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-0d3f4d4a-7e24-49bd-bd3d-d0e86ad501bd
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-2095b111-c7b8-45ba-92a9-d5c76c6597a2
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-274a7bef-9753-4b62-887c-598695167bfa
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-28ccbaae-9985-46b9-a9c4-6503a49b1d7f
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-2c15f5d0-38a7-4353-a0ad-f275dbab0dda
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-54068fb8-9e25-4567-b732-9ec3e05c48eb
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-71d75175-1d99-46d3-85c6-682c12d3af7f
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-7b378105-e03e-4bdd-8089-07bc247ff9b6
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-85a4e11a-80fa-4712-8a6b-26531c266bac
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-9b96fb7e-2151-4606-86b0-bb84826589e1
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-031-e5538f10-8285-435a-8776-899384243b34

References

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