CVE-2016-3266High
MSR
MSR
Microsoft Security Response Center
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Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
Microsoft's Security Update Guide, covering Windows, Office, Azure, SQL Server, Exchange and other first-party products.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide →Share link
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The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012…
CVSS
7.8
High
EPSS
0.06
p92
Published
2016-01-01
Updated
2016-01-01
Description
The kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3376, CVE-2016-7185, and CVE-2016-7211.
Tags · CWE
LPE
CWE-264
CWE-264CategoryObsolete
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html →Open in CWE collection →Affected products
Windows_10Windows_7Windows_8.1Windows_rt_8.1Windows_server_2008Windows_server_2012Windows_vista
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
2016-01-01
Published
2016-01-01
Updated
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
Attack Vector
AV: L
Local (L)
Attack Complexity
AC: L
Low (L)
Privileges Required
PR: N
None (N)
User Interaction
UI: R
Required (R)
Scope
S: U
Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality Impact
C: H
High (H)
Integrity Impact
I: H
High (H)
Availability Impact
A: H
High (H)
Exploit indicators
EPSS
0.062 · p92
Known exploited (KEV)
No
Known exploits — Сканер-ВС
No Сканер-ВС checks registered for this vulnerability yet.
Affected software
| Product | Vendor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| windows_10 | * | Tracked |
| windows_7 | * | Tracked |
| windows_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_rt_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2008 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2012 | * | Tracked |
| windows_vista | * | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
Source databases
MSR
MSR
Microsoft Security Response Center
The Security Update Guide is the source of truth for vulnerabilities in Microsoft products — KB article numbers, impacted builds and replacement patches. MSRC also assigns the MSRC-specific exploitability index used alongside CVSS.
Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
Microsoft's Security Update Guide, covering Windows, Office, Azure, SQL Server, Exchange and other first-party products.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide →CVE
CVE
National Vulnerability Database
NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data, built on top of the MITRE CVE list. Every record includes CPE applicability statements, CVSS v2 and v3.x base scores, CWE mappings and cross-references to advisories.
Region
US
Updates
15 min
License
Public Domain
Comprehensive catalog of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities with CPE matches, CVSS scoring and reference URLs. De-facto standard for cross-vendor correlation.
https://nvd.nist.gov →Related vulnerabilities