CISA confirmed this vulnerability is used in real attacks on 22.06.2023. Remediation deadline for US federal agencies: 13.07.2023.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-039; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0165
The kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0143 and CVE-2016-0167.
Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | windows 10 1507 | — | |
| microsoft | windows 10 1511 | — | |
| microsoft | windows 7 | — | |
| microsoft | windows 8.1 | — | |
| microsoft | windows rt 8.1 | — | |
| microsoft | windows server 2008 | r2 | |
| microsoft | windows server 2012 | r2 | |
| microsoft | windows vista | — |
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