SB2016051008 - Internet Explorer UMCI Bypass
Published: May 10, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016051008
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Security bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0188)
The vulnerabiity allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists due to improper validation of code integrity by the User Mode Code Integrity (UMCI) component of Device Guard. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web site, trick the victim into visiting it, bypass code-signing protection mechanism and execute a malicious code.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.