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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS16-115 Security Update for Microsoft Windows PDF Library (3188733) Windows 8.1 Important 14-09-2016

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerabilities could allow information disclosure if a user views specially crafted PDF content online or opens a specially crafted PDF document.

Detailed Information on the risk:

Multiple information disclosure vulnerabilities exist in the way that the Windows PDF Library handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerabilities could obtain information to further compromise a target system.
In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website that is used to attempt to exploit the vulnerabilities. Additionally, compromised websites and websites that accept or host user-provided content could contain specially crafted content that could be used to exploit the vulnerabilities.

Further information on this exploit is available at : MS16-115

Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 

Affected Software

Windows 8.1 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems 
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems