Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) - MS16-017ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:32865 | Date: (C)2016-02-10 (M)2024-03-06 |
Class: PATCH | Family: windows |
The host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft security bulletin, MS16-017. The update is required to fix an elevation of privilege vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle objects in memory. Successful exploitation allows attackers to run specially crafted application which is designed to create the crash condition that that leads to execute code with elevated privileges.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |