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MS16-060: Security Update for Windows Kernel (3154846)

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MS16-060: Security Update for Windows Kernel (3154846)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/10/2016
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle parsing of certain symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially access privileged registry keys and thereby elevate permissions. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-051-335c7128-6135-4a6b-b0d6-52d3ffddf458
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-051-76abcebc-9a50-42c0-a879-a9163416d1fa
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-051-9026b8d7-5b46-4615-b987-06c8f420fb37
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-051-ca976787-0f5c-4403-b0a1-1545795a8ff7
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-01d6b07a-d97f-4abe-ae2c-15f20e67a2c5
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-0db71f61-ba29-49f6-84ad-2b2facb17de0
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-0fc3c2fd-4541-4eb8-a287-a5fd68772b20
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-27790f1b-481c-475e-9b9b-2133fcfde476
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-2d419371-0f76-4288-a928-9334a635fd9b
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-33e5e586-8de5-447d-8e90-97d1bc89241a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-3e857198-de70-4163-8e40-8c9bfb4e3cb6
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-404cd152-baed-4c77-bab8-f29a110fe246
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-4561799d-412f-4b55-9f42-613c2d9f9459
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-5339bb20-baa0-446b-90b8-f57d12640c97
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-587afeff-6af0-417b-ae32-a7b68b0dc942
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-59c06d14-5758-4d22-917d-9b97aed5f9ed
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-6ce03126-6851-4079-96e7-84ed418c3168
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-781cb9b1-9a28-4469-a538-ae97973cfe93
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-8426b3ba-5566-46cb-80b0-c18183b40711
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-a38a6af6-b0cb-438d-8b11-a82fc8045078
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-c716bb55-946d-4908-b8ab-0dd047148020
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-060-d50c7bcd-0123-4288-9cbe-31f69e4f0182

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