MS16-057 - Security Update for Windows Shell

Bulletin ID: 

MS16-057

Severity: 

Critical

Description: 

Severity Rating: Critical
Revision Note: V1.0 (May 10, 2016): Click here to enter text.
Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker successfully convinces a user to browse to a specially crafted website that accepts user-provided online content, or convinces a user to open specially crafted content. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.

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