Caution Urged over Patched Windows USB Driver Flaw

USB-related vulnerabilities make people nervous; you need look no further than Stuxnet and BadUSB to see the dangers associated with infected portable storage devices and peripherals. Yesterday, Microsoft patched a flaw in the Windows USB Mass Storage Class Driver that could put some people on...

CVE-2016-0133

CVE-2016-0133 concerns a kernel-elevation vulnerability in the USB Mass Storage Class driver used by Windows variants (Vista SP2, Server 2008 SP2/R2, 7 SP1, 8.1, 2012, RT 8.1, 10). The root cause is improper validation of objects in memory within the USB Mass Storage driver, allowing a physically...

MS16-033: Security Update for Windows USB Mass Storage Class Driver to Address Elevation of Privilege (3143142)

The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a flaw in the Windows USB Mass Storage Class driver due to improper validation of objects in memory. A local attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted USB device, to elevate privileges, allowing the...

Microsoft Windows USB Mass Storage CVE-2016-0133 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Windows is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with kernel-level privileges. Successful exploits will result in the complete compromise of affected computers. Technologies Affected Microsoft...