Vulnerability CVE-2016-0040
Published: 2016-02-10

Description:
The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Windows 7 WMI Recieve Notification Exploit
Anonymous
09.05.2018

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows 7 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2008 
Microsoft -> Windows vista 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034985
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-014
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44586/
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