The vulnerability of the Windows operating system, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges

The vulnerability of kernel-level drivers in the Windows operating system is related to deficiencies in access control for certain functions. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to enhance their privileges through a specially created application...

Privilege escalation

The Graphics Component in the kernel-mode drivers 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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows local users to gain privileges via a...

Privilege escalation

The kernel-mode drivers 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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka...

CVE-2016-7260

The kernel-mode drivers 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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka...

CVE-2016-7259

The Graphics Component in the kernel-mode drivers 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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allows local users to gain privileges via a...

CVE-2016-7260

The kernel-mode drivers 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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka...

CVE-2016-7259

CVE-2016-7259 affects the Windows Graphics Component in kernel-mode drivers (Win32k) across multiple Windows platforms, allowing local privilege escalation via a crafted application. The root cause is improper handling of memory objects by the Graphics component, enabling privilege elevation (loc...

Automating Phishing Activities: PhishLulz

Automating Phishing Activities PhishLulz is a Ruby toolset aimed at automating Phishing activities When you start a phishing campaign, a dedicated Amazon EC2 Debian 7 instance is spawned. The VM comes with various open source tools that have been glued together. The two main components are:...

Microsoft Windows Kernel Mode Drivers Multiple Vulnerabilities (3205651)

This host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS16-151 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only...

MS16-151: Description of the security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers: December 13, 2016

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December 2016 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012

December 2016 Security Only Quality Update for Windows Server 2012 Summary This security update resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows Server 2012: MS16-153 Security update for common log file system driver MS16-151 Security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers MS16-149 Security upda...

December 2016 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

December 2016 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Summary This security update resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2: MS16-153 Security update for common log file system driver MS16-151 Security update for Windows...

December 2016 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2

December 2016 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Summary This security update resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2: MS16-153 Security update for common log file system driver MS16-151 Security update for Windows...

December 2016 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

December 2016 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Summary This security update resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows: MS16-153 Security update for common log file system driver MS16-151 Security update for Windows kernel-mode drivers MS16-1...

December 2016 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

December 2016 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Summary This security update resolves the following vulnerabilities in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: MS16-153 Security update for common log file system driver MS16-151 Security update for Windows...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1426)

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.36 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations that underspecifies removing extended...

CVE-2016-8102

Unquoted service path vulnerability in Intel Wireless Bluetooth Drivers 16.x, 17.x, and before 18.1.1607.3129 allows local users to launch processes with elevated privileges...

Buffer overflow

Buffer overflow in Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Drivers in versions before 19.20.3 allows a local user to crash iframewrk.exe causing a potential denial of service...

CVE-2016-8104

The CVE-2016-8104 issue affects Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Drivers prior to version 19.20.3. The root cause is a buffer overflow in iframewrk.exe, enabling a local user to crash the driver software and potentially cause a denial of service. Lenovo security advisory LEN-14246 reiterates th...

CVE-2016-8102

CVE-2016-8102 is an Unquoted service path vulnerability in Intel Wireless Bluetooth Driver packages (16.x, 17.x, and before 18.1.1607.3129) that allows a local attacker with elevated privileges to cause code execution when the driver loads. The root cause is an unquoted service path, enabling a l...