Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-7226 - Improper Access Control vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
NONE Summary
Virtual Hard Disk Driver in Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 and Windows Server 2016 does not properly restrict access to files, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "VHD Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Embedding Scripts within Scripts An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
- Signature Spoofing by Key Theft An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
Exploit-Db
| description | Microsoft Windows - VHDMP Arbitrary File Creation Privilege Escalation (MS16-138). CVE-2016-7226. Local exploit for Windows platform |
| file | exploits/windows/local/40763.cs |
| id | EDB-ID:40763 |
| last seen | 2016-11-15 |
| modified | 2016-11-15 |
| platform | windows |
| port | |
| published | 2016-11-15 |
| reporter | Exploit-DB |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/40763/ |
| title | Microsoft Windows - VHDMP Arbitrary File Creation Privilege Escalation (MS16-138) |
| type | local |
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS16-138 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2016-11-08T00:00:00 |
| impact | Elevation of Privilege |
| knowledgebase_id | 3199647 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Important |
| title | Security Update to Microsoft Virtual Hard Drive |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS16-138.NASL |
| description | The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple elevation of privilege vulnerabilities in the Windows Virtual Hard Disk Driver due to improper handling of user access to certain files. A local attacker can exploit these, via a specially crafted application, to manipulate files not intended to be available to the user. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 94639 |
| published | 2016-11-08 |
| 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/94639 |
| title | MS16-138: Security Update for Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk Driver (3199647) |
| code | |