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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-3238: Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-3238: Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/13/2016
Created
06/27/2024
Added
06/10/2024
Modified
09/06/2024

Description

The Print Spooler service in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a crafted print driver during printer installation, aka "Windows Print Spooler Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4038781
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb4038783
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4038782
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4038786
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4038793
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4038782

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