Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2 win32k.sys access control
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing in the library win32k.sys. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was presented 10/11/2016 by Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as MS16-123 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-3376 since 03/15/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/23/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94012 (MS16-123: Security Update for Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers (3192892)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91289 (Microsoft Windows Security Update for Kernel-Mode Drivers (MS16-123)).
Applying the patch MS16-123 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 (94012). See 92249, 92590, 92589 and 92587 for similar entries.
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Nessus ID: 94012
Nessus Name: MS16-123: Security Update for Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers (3192892)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Privilege Elevation Vulnerabilities (3192892)
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Patch: MS16-123
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS16-123
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-3376 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036996
SecurityFocus: 93388 - Microsoft Windows Kernel 'Win32k.sys' CVE-2016-3376 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entry
Created: 10/12/2016 10:43Updated: 09/23/2022 09:50
Changes: 10/12/2016 10:43 (65), 04/07/2017 13:24 (14), 09/23/2022 09:50 (4)
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