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Actively exploited · CISA KEV · NVD published 2016-11-10

CVE-2016-7255

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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

  1. First PoC
  2. 3629 days →First cited attacker

Signals

Exploited in the wild
Yesadded 2021-11-03 · due 2022-05-03 · known ransomware use. An observation, not a forecast.
EPSS · 30-day forecast
81%Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile of all CVEs. A forecast; KEV outranks it.
CVSS · NVD · HIGH
7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Internet exposure
not stated by sourcesNo exposure census on this CVE's dispatches.

Exploits

3 known · links only

Exploit-DB3

  1. Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'win32k' Denial of Service (MS16-135) ↗

    created 2016-11-09

  2. Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'win32k.sys NtSetWindowLongPtr' Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-135) (1) ↗

    created 2016-11-24

  3. Microsoft Windows Kernel - 'win32k.sys NtSetWindowLongPtr' Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-135) (2) ↗

    created 2017-01-08

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