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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-3239: Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Jul 13, 2016

Added

Jun 10, 2024

Modified

May 8, 2026

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 local users to gain privileges via vectors involving filesystem write operations, aka "Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb3163912microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb3172985

References

CVE-2016-3239
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-3239
DISA_SEVERITY-Category II
EUVD-EUVD-2016-4277
IAVM-2016-A-0181
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-4277
https://support.microsoft.com/help/3163912
https://support.microsoft.com/help/3172985

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