vulnerability

MS16-112: Security Update for Windows Lock Screen (3178469)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 13, 2016
Added
Sep 13, 2016
Modified
Nov 18, 2021

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly allows web content to load from the Windows lock screen. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker with physical access to a user's computer could either connect to a maliciously configured WiFi hotspot or insert a mobile broadband adaptor in the user's computer. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could potentially execute code on a user's locked computer.

Solutions

WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-104-28f23bdb-daf7-47ea-80dd-6e203f0b2a74WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-104-ebfeea9b-f063-411e-8e11-021d589ba04bWINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-112-122942d6-aa28-48c6-9cbe-330daf922502WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-112-a6fea021-df9a-4a7d-89d3-58089017b8acWINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-112-e90f9283-7304-4a98-a5ec-98bd2a3163e7
Title
NEW

Explore Exposure Command

Confidently identify and prioritize exposures from endpoint to cloud with full attack surface visibility and threat-aware risk context.