Microsoft Windows PDF CVE-2016-3201 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows when a user opens a specially crafted PDF file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could read memory in the context of the current user. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to trick the user into opening the PDF file. The update addresses the vulnerability by modifying how Windows parses PDF files.

Affected Applications

Windows 10
Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Edge
Windows 8

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