Microsoft Windows 8.1/10/RT 8.1/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2 File System Security race condition
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows 8.1/10/RT 8.1/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block of the component File System Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 07/12/2016 by James Forshaw with Google Project Zero as MS16-092 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-3258 since 03/15/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92023 (MS16-092: Security Update for Windows Kernel (3171910)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91252 (Microsoft Windows Kernel Security Update (MS16-092)).
Applying the patch MS16-092 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (92023). The entry 89053 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 92023
Nessus Name: MS16-092: Security Update for Windows Kernel (3171910)
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OpenVAS ID: 52171
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Multiple Vulnerabilities (3171910)
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Patch: MS16-092
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS16-092
Researcher: James Forshaw
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-3258 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036289
SecurityFocus: 91606 - Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2016-3258 Security Bypass Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 07/13/2016 10:29Updated: 09/01/2022 20:01
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:29 (68), 02/23/2019 08:22 (13), 09/01/2022 20:01 (5)
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