Intrusion PreventionMS.Windows.Win32k.Region.Object.Handling.Privilege.Escalation
Description
This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in MS Windows.
This vulnerability is caused by an error when Windows Graphics Component handles a malformed region object.A remote attacker may be able to exploit this to leverage their privileges on vulnerable systems.
Affected Products
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows RT 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2016
Impact
Privilege Escalation: Remote attackers can leverage their privilege on the vulnerable systems
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-151
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 43504 |
| Created | Dec 13, 2016 |
| Updated | May 02, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2016-7260 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 0.04% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows |
| Affected App | Other |