Microsoft Windows up to 10 Video Control access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2/7 SP1/8.1/RT 8.1/10. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Video Control. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2016-7248. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2/7 SP1/8.1/RT 8.1/10 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Video Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 11/08/2016. The weakness was released 11/08/2016 with Microsoft as MS16-131 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7248 since 09/09/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/23/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94632 (MS16-131: Security Update for Microsoft Video Control (3199151)), 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 91297 (Microsoft Video Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS16-131)).

Applying the patch MS16-131 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 (94632) and SecurityFocus (BID 94028†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93387, VDB-93388, VDB-93389 and VDB-93390. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 94632
Nessus Name: MS16-131: Security Update for Microsoft Video Control (3199151)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Video Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3199151)
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Patch: MS16-131

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-131
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7248 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7248
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93386

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SecurityFocus: 94028 - Microsoft Windows Video Control CVE-2016-7248 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037242

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

Created: 11/09/2016 10:01
Updated: 09/23/2024 11:47
Changes: 11/09/2016 10:01 (78), 07/07/2019 18:12 (4), 09/29/2022 20:19 (5), 09/23/2024 11:47 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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