Microsoft

On November 24, 2016, Microsoft released security bulletin MS16-037. This bulletin addressed an issue in Microsoft Word that is being actively exploited in the wild.

Microsoft has released an out-of-band security update for Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10, that plugs this vulnerability. The flaw was discovered by

The Blackhole TCP/IP driver is installed on a machine with a supported operating system. The blackhole.sys kernel module, which is part of the

This issue is rated as critical due to the fact that it can be exploited by malicious people to allow them to gain elevated privileges

This can occur when a local user on a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 computer has access to a network share or local host