CVE-2016-3346

Windows Permissions Enforcement Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2016-3346 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by KB3185614, released September 13, 2016. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighPublicly disclosed
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
Exploitation Less Likely
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0136
71st percentile

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way that Windows enforces permissions if an attacker loads a specially crafted DLL. A locally authenticated attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code as a system administrator. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need to create and implement a malicious DLL and already be able to execute code on the target system.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Windows enforces permissions.</p>

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Microsoft
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems 10586.589 KB3185614 Sep 13, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems 10586.589 KB3185614 Sep 13, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems KB3189866 Sep 13, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems KB3189866 Sep 13, 2016
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems 10240.17113 KB3185611 Sep 13, 2016
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems 10240.17113 KB3185611 Sep 13, 2016