Security Update for Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers

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 most severe of the vulnerabilities could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker logs on to an affected system and runs a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerabilities and take control of an affected system.

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-2016-7214 CVE-2016-7215 CVE-2016-7246 CVE-2016-7255 CVE-2016-7218

Other References

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-135