SB2017031495 - Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published: March 14, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017031495
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-2017-0056)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper handling of objects in memory by Windows kernel-mode driver. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.