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MS16-040: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services (3148541)

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MS16-040: Security Update for Microsoft XML Core Services (3148541)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/12/2016
Modified
11/18/2021

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) parser processes user input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run malicious code remotely to take control of the user's system.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-037-1f7b2d51-98a1-4240-a636-8096fa0308c3
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-037-34515df7-3d11-4fa9-98ad-77c6f0dafc2a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-037-45da2895-fcf0-4175-a533-e0fda3dbc081
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-037-4d0814f6-9f22-43aa-b23c-f6243b1e1f4a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-01cc0c7d-b61f-487e-b503-d6939961674b
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-0a02d62d-03b6-4d3f-b159-28bf7cb50f62
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-0c970446-aa19-413d-926e-b2f154055865
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-0e0d14ba-a667-437a-bcb5-704a812f1373
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-14ebe172-4e0d-48e8-9ce1-83234f870531
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-29288aac-af02-4837-83a6-caba79072402
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-2955db23-06ae-4a2b-a3aa-886a3134eda6
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-362fdc7a-650f-4c17-b5c0-8d18f77f4b8e
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-38f0f6e2-b0d6-41bb-9afb-6967694b53b5
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-42b7e7bd-b9df-490e-a2f8-a4e230eb567a
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-485fc477-65bc-4756-b492-be1a784e01ec
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-7521d2d8-0520-4e01-bf58-5c92209bfde0
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-7e8f3ef6-8d41-4833-9318-e7d1941e66dd
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-bea4f386-9fd2-45ab-900e-7fb571dcafb5
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-c266f0ee-afd6-4933-8968-c61adf8c0b84
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-c53dc4b9-9559-41b7-9d8f-781465d14123
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-c702d93d-e68f-4319-ac7f-fe076daeff5c
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-040-cf4c642e-7094-4979-a71b-6d4f365e4515

References

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