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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS16-080 Security Update for Microsoft Windows PDF (3164302) Windows 8.1 Important 15-06-2016

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. The more severe of the vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted .pdf file. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could cause arbitrary code to execute in the context of the current user.

Detailed Information on the risk:

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

Further information on this exploit is available at : MS16-080

Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 8.1 for 64-bit Systems
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 for 64-bit Systems
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems

Affected Software

Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 8.1 for 64-bit Systems
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 for 64-bit Systems
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems