Microsoft Windows Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
15 Jun 2016 17:43
Release Date:
15 Jun 2016
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Operating Systems - Windows OS
- Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows processes group policy updates. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially escalate permissions or perform additional privileged actions on the target machine.
Impact
- Elevation of Privilege
System / Technologies affected
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows 7
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- 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/MS16-072
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