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MS16-112: Security Update for Windows Lock Screen (3178469)

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MS16-112: Security Update for Windows Lock Screen (3178469)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/13/2016
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly allows web content to load from the Windows lock screen. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker with physical access to a user's computer could either connect to a maliciously configured WiFi hotspot or insert a mobile broadband adaptor in the user's computer. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could potentially execute code on a user's locked computer.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-104-28f23bdb-daf7-47ea-80dd-6e203f0b2a74
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-104-ebfeea9b-f063-411e-8e11-021d589ba04b
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-112-122942d6-aa28-48c6-9cbe-330daf922502
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-112-a6fea021-df9a-4a7d-89d3-58089017b8ac
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-112-e90f9283-7304-4a98-a5ec-98bd2a3163e7

References

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