CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-0176

Published: May 11, 2016 | Modified: Oct 12, 2018
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

dxgkrnl.sys in the DirectX Graphics kernel subsystem in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Microsoft DirectX Graphics Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_rt_8.1 Microsoft * *
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft r2 r2
Windows_7 Microsoft * *
Windows_10 Microsoft 1511 1511
Windows_8.1 Microsoft * *
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft r2 r2
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft * *
Windows_10 Microsoft * *

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