Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2 GDI+ information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component GDI+. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-3263. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component GDI+. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was shared 10/11/2016 by Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as MS16-120 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3263 since 03/15/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94017 (MS16-120: Security Update for Microsoft Graphics Component (3192884)), 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 91287 (Microsoft Windows Graphics Component Security Update (MS16-120)).

Applying the patch MS16-120 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 databases at Tenable (94017) and SecurityFocus (BID 93394†). The entries VDB-92577, VDB-92578, VDB-92580 and VDB-92581 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 94017
Nessus Name: MS16-120: Security Update for Microsoft Graphics Component (3192884)
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OpenVAS ID: 903222
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3192884)
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Patch: MS16-120

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-120
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3263 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3263
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92579
SecurityFocus: 93394 - Microsoft Windows Graphics Component CVE-2016-3263 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036988

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

Created: 10/12/2016 10:37
Updated: 09/23/2022 09:20
Changes: 10/12/2016 10:37 (66), 04/07/2017 13:26 (14), 09/23/2022 09:20 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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