Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Win32k Elevation of Privilege (MS16-135: CVE-2016-7215)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0989
Date Published: 8 Nov 2016
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 08 November, 2016
Source: Microsoft MS16-135
Industry Reference:CVE-2016-7215
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows 7 Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 8.1
Windows RT 8.1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 10
Windows 10 Version 1511
Windows 10 Version 1607
Windows Server 2016 for x64-based System
Vulnerability Description An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel-mode driver. The vulnerability is due to the way the driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by logging on to the system and running a specially crafted application.
Update/Patch AvaliableApply patches from: MS16-135

Protection Overview

This protection detects 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 Win32k Elevation of Privilege (MS16-135: CVE-2016-7215) 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:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Microsoft Win32k Elevation of Privilege (MS16-135: CVE-2016-7215)

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