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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-19. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 12/13/2016 as MS16-149 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7292 since 09/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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). The entry 94453 is related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Windows

Version

• 7 SP1
• 8.1
• 10
• RT 8.1
• Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Server 2008 SP2
• Server 2012
• Server 2012 R2
• Server 2016
• Vista SP2

License

• commercial

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Data processing
CWE: CWE-19
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS16-149

Timelineinfo

09/09/2016 🔍
12/13/2016 +95 days 🔍
12/13/2016 +0 days 🔍
12/13/2016 +0 days 🔍
12/14/2016 +1 days 🔍
12/20/2016 +6 days 🔍
10/08/2022 +2118 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-149
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7292 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037450
SecurityFocus: 94768 - Microsoft Windows Installer CVE-2016-7292 DLL Loading Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Created: 12/14/2016 14:26
Updated: 10/08/2022 13:11
Changes: 12/14/2016 14:26 (71), 04/07/2017 13:15 (9), 10/08/2022 13:04 (5), 10/08/2022 13:11 (1)
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