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MS16-150: Security Update for Secure Kernel Mode (3205642)

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MS16-150: Security Update for Secure Kernel Mode (3205642)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/13/2016
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Secure Kernel Mode fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could violate virtual trust levels (VTL).

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-144-0b86866e-3d6d-47c1-bf17-71928781d802
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-144-6bbcbf4b-2cf7-470e-b63b-57a8f4529c87
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-144-85c2e54c-9120-4095-819e-27693fd85db6
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-144-aefda319-d2f7-4ecc-be6b-9bcf2e617a30
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-144-b6fe6c4a-089b-43be-8cd8-ebaa394a9424
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-144-cd2c42a9-1799-477d-a5f5-e84cf4d40ba6
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-144-f7915dec-5649-4571-8913-6797401db5af
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-144-f9443926-54c2-4542-bfa0-9b8e6e1ba3d7

References

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