Check Point Advisories

Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-0096)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-1035
Date Published:	22 Dec 2020
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 22 December, 2020
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2016-0096
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows 10 1511 Microsoft Windows 7 sp1 Microsoft Windows 8.1 Microsoft Windows rt 8.1 Microsoft Windows server 2008 sp2 Microsoft Windows server 2008 r2 sp1 Microsoft Windows server 2012 Microsoft Windows server 2012 r2 Microsoft Windows vista sp2
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-0096) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-0096)