Microsoft Windows 8.1/10/RT 8.1/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2 File System Security information disclosure
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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 declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component File System Security. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality.
The weakness was presented 07/12/2016 as MS16-092 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-3272 since 03/15/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
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). See 89052 for similar entry.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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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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03/15/2016 🔍07/12/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS16-092
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-3272 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036289
SecurityFocus: 91603 - Microsoft Windows Kernel CVE-2016-3272 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 07/13/2016 10:29Updated: 09/01/2022 20:08
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:29 (69), 02/23/2019 08:23 (11), 09/01/2022 20:08 (3)
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