CVE-2016-0051

Proof-of-concept BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) and Elevation of Privilege (to SYSTEM) code for my CVE-2016-0051 (MS-016).

EoP to SYSTEM on Windows 7 SP1 x86

BSoD on a Windows 10 x64

Links

• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-016
• Microsoft Acknowledgements page

Timeline

• 2015.09.18. Vulnerability found
• 2015.09.24. Reported to MSRC (Microsoft Security Response Center) with this proof-of-concept code
• 2015.09.25. MSRC filed the report, provided point of contact information and sent the info to their analysts
• 2015.09.30. MSRC reproduced the issue, started to investigate whether they will fix it or not
• 2015.10.16. MSRC confirmed that it is exploitable and that they will fix in an upcoming patch release, asked for acknowledgement information
• 2016.02.09. Vulnerability fixed in the 2016 February Patch Tuesday update
• 2016.02.09. BSoD PoC published here
• 2016.02.11. MSRC confirmed to me that they fixed the vulnerability
• 2016.02.15. EoP published here

Details

TODO