Microsoft WebDAV Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
11 Feb 2016 12:24
Release Date:
11 Feb 2016
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Operating Systems - Windows OS
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Microsoft Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) client when WebDAV improperly validates input. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code with elevated permissions.
Impact
- Denial of Service
- Elevation of Privilege
System / Technologies affected
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
- Microsoft Windows 8.1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2
- Microsoft Windows RT 8.1
- Microsoft Windows 10
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- Download location for patches:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS16-051
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