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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-3346: Windows Permissions Enforcement Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

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

Published

Sep 14, 2016

Added

Jun 10, 2024

Modified

May 8, 2026

Description

Microsoft Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 does not properly enforce permissions, which allows local users to obtain Administrator access via a crafted DLL, aka "Windows Permissions Enforcement Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb3185611microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb3185614microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb3189866

References

CVE-2016-3346
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-3346
DISA_SEVERITY-Category I
EUVD-EUVD-2016-4378
IAVM-2016-A-0250
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-4378
https://support.microsoft.com/help/3185611
https://support.microsoft.com/help/3185614
https://support.microsoft.com/help/3189866

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