Security Update for Common Log File System Driver

Description

These vulnerabilites have following impacts: Elevation of Privilege. An attacker who successfully exploited Elevation of Privilege vulnerability would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerabilities and take control over an affected system.

Analysis

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege when the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver improperly handles objects in memory. In a local attack scenario, an attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by running a specially crafted application to take complete control over the affected system. An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability could run processes in an elevated context.

Affected Applications

Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 10
Windows Server 2016

CVE References

CVE-2016-0026 CVE-2016-3332 CVE-2016-3333 CVE-2016-3334 CVE-2016-3335 CVE-2016-3338 CVE-2016-3340 CVE-2016-3342 CVE-2016-3343 CVE-2016-7184

Other References

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-134