Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2016 Crypto Driver information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Crypto Driver. 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 12/13/2016 by Byoungyoung Lee as MS16-149 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7219 since 09/09/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is required for exploitation. 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 95813 (MS16-149: Security Update for Microsoft Windows (3205655)), 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 91319 (Microsoft Cumulative Security Update for Windows (MS16-149)).

Applying the patch MS16-149 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 (95813). See 94454 for similar entry.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 95813
Nessus Name: MS16-149: Security Update for Microsoft Windows (3205655)
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OpenVAS ID: 863501
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Information Disclosure And Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities (3205655)
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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS16-149

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09/09/2016 🔍
12/13/2016 +95 days 🔍
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12/20/2016 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-149
Researcher: Byoungyoung Lee
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7219 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037450
SecurityFocus: 94764 - Microsoft Windows Crypto Driver CVE-2016-7219 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 02:26 PM
Updated: 10/08/2022 12:56 PM
Changes: 12/14/2016 02:26 PM (68), 08/19/2018 08:06 PM (12), 10/08/2022 12:47 PM (4), 10/08/2022 12:56 PM (1)
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