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MS16-138: Security Update for Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk Driver (3199647)

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MS16-138: Security Update for Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk Driver (3199647)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/08/2016
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

Multiple elevation of privilege vulnerabilities exist when the Windows Virtual Hard Disk Driver fails to properly handle user access to certain files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could manipulate files in locations not intended to be available to the user.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-243a2ce9-3071-4a8a-8fdb-08a9f36bd36a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-25bb083e-21f1-46cf-9000-124c57cf8568
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-2fde341c-622e-4189-b807-3b3798fbcc23
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-31c27622-134b-41c9-8868-12932e358864
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-4dff0e5a-d647-4104-a376-54165c691598
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-58111ec9-bb9f-48be-903c-f2588bfe68ec
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-67f7223a-468a-41e8-9217-c856c369ebad
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-73d9f61c-7c3b-4fb1-a2ff-39fcfbccc688
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-81335179-bd72-4e7c-955c-2304fb3ad889
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-8f6c6c50-e2ba-4f4f-97a8-489d597f806a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-d5815022-1c24-4e0e-850b-e42f5b2f25b9
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-daf935d1-102b-402d-8fea-fc69a84e3ea6
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-142-de8d98fe-7f2b-4ee6-adc3-6be64fc1fc8d

References

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