Group policy elevation of privilege vulnerability in windows group policy updates - MS16-072ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:35571 | Date: (C)2016-06-15 (M)2024-03-06 |
Class: PATCH | Family: windows |
The host is missing an important security update according to Microsoft security bulletin, MS16-072. The update is required to fix a group policy elevation of privilege vulnerability. A flaw is present in the group policy, which fails to properly handle group policy updates process. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially escalate permissions or perform additional privileged actions on the target machine.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |