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MS16-092: Security Update for Windows Kernel (3171910)

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MS16-092: Security Update for Windows Kernel (3171910)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/12/2016
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel that could allow an attacker to exploit time of check time of use (TOCTOU) issues in file path-based checks from a low integrity application. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially modify files outside of a low integrity level application.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-084-22658655-0e69-4d2c-ace5-64d42eeb0e6f
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-084-7f722a3c-887f-41db-ae8a-a0fee28b4ae5
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-084-ac8d2656-7f38-4645-9b76-b43bc0f125bd
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-084-f227a554-3fe1-4e74-af64-0bd89596ca41
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-2b8f5371-b76e-44a3-bea6-889c7a6e8867
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-32c9dbcd-155c-4919-9199-d1d36d19cdd4
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-470edcd6-5d9e-4ecd-a7cb-ad02fc63c698
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-9b233a18-88ec-42c5-88bd-4e97eb377f2a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-9bd26ef8-dcb1-4a3b-955f-6db17194801a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-b9c01114-e46c-45be-bdce-4bea53683e16
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-cc26a4fe-9eee-43ca-9fe4-0823b041022f
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-d02d9f5f-9ecd-4c0b-baea-b20d0adbc6e4
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-dfcfc1e8-baa1-47bb-9d8d-995b85ecdca2
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-e4e90032-e212-4e0e-ba61-29ee37790958
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-ea71ffd1-7f53-4ea5-8385-9c50046c7f3a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-092-f0eadd40-163e-4a12-b351-bee691a67dba

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