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...

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...

Microsoft Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege (MS16-151: CVE-2016-7259)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is caused when the Windows kernel-mode fails to properly handle objects in memory. Successful exploitation would lead to write access violation...