Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Diagnostics Hub Elevation of Privilege (MS16-078: CVE-2016-3231)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0440
Date Published: 14 Jun 2016
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 14 June, 2016
Source: Microsoft MS16-078
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-3231
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Windows 10
Windows 10 Version 1511
Vulnerability Description A directory traversal vulnerability exists in Microsoft windows within the Diagnostics Hub component that could allow a privielege escalation. The root cause is that the Diagnostic Hup standard collector service fails to validate a safe path to the agent dll which may be abused to force the componant to load arbitrary dll under system privileges. A successful exploitation of this issue could allow an attacker to elevate his privileges to system.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS16-078

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Diagnostics Hub Elevation of Privilege (MS16-078: CVE-2016-3231) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Windows Diagnostics Hub Elevation of Privilege (MS16-078: CVE-2016-3231)

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