CVE-2016-7188

Windows Diagnostics Hub Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2016-7188 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by KB3192441, released October 11, 2016. It is not reported as exploited, but the vendor rates exploitation more likely. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
n/a
Important
Exploitation
More likely
Vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0366
89th percentile

<p>An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service fails to properly sanitize input, leading to an unsecure library-loading behavior. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with elevated system privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to log on to an affected system and run a specially crafted application.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Service sanitizes input, to help preclude unintended elevated system privileges.</p>

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Microsoft
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems 10586.633 KB3192441 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems 10586.633 KB3192441 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems 14393.321 KB3194798 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 14393.321 KB3194798 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems 10240.17146 KB3192440 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems 10240.17146 KB3192440 Oct 11, 2016

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