Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-0020 - Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows MAPI DLL Loading
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 mishandle DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "MAPI DLL Loading Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html">CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path</a>
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 5 |
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS16-007 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2016-01-12T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 3124901 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Important |
| title | Security Update for Microsoft Windows to Address Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS16-007.NASL |
| description | The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - Multiple elevation of privilege vulnerabilities exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input before loading DLL files. A local attacker can exploit these, via a crafted application, to elevate their privileges and take control of the affected system. (CVE-2016-0014, CVE-2016-0020) - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in DirectShow due to improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file, to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user, resulting in taking control of the affected system. (CVE-2016-0015) - Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input before loading DLL files. A local attacker can exploit these, via a specially crafted application, to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0016, CVE-2016-0018) - A security bypass vulnerability exists in the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) due to a failure to prevent remote logons to accounts that have no passwords set. A remote attacker can exploit this, by using an older version of the RDP client to connect to a Windows 10 host, to generate a list of user accounts. (CVE-2016-0019) |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 87890 |
| published | 2016-01-13 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87890 |
| title | MS16-007: Security Update for Microsoft Windows to Address Remote Code Execution (3124901) |