CVE-2016-3287

MEDIUM

Microsoft Windows Secure Boot Protection Bypass via Crafted Policy

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Secure Boot protection mechanism by leveraging administrative access to install a crafted policy, aka "Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass."

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91604
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036290

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0149
EPSS Percentile 71.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-254
Status published
Products (6)
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10 1511
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
microsoft/windows_server_2012
microsoft/windows_server_2012 r2
Published Jul 13, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026