SB2016121334 - True Type Font Parsing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published: December 13, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016121334
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7182)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error in the Microsoft Windows kernel-mode driver (Win32k). By running a malicious program on the affected system attackers can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in a complete system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.