Vulnerability CVE-2016-0178

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-0178 (CCN-112698)

Assigned:

2015-12-04

Published:

2016-05-10

Updated:

2018-10-12

Summary:

The RPC NDR Engine in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandles free operations, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed RPC requests, aka "RPC Network Data Representation Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

CVSS v3 Severity:

8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

9.8 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

9.0 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-264

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-0178

Source: CCN
Type: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-061
Security Update for Microsoft RPC (3155520)

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
90032

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1035837

Source: MS
Type: UNKNOWN
MS16-061

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ms-rpc-cve20160178-priv-esc(112698)

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*