CVE-2016-7255

high

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, 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."

References

https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-135

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41015/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40823/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40745/

https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/cyber-espionage-apt32

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/05/cyber-espionage-apt32.html

https://github.com/bbolmin/cve-2016-7255_x86_x64

https://github.com/yuvatia/page-table-exploitation

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7255

https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-windows-kernel-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2016-7255/

https://github.com/mwrlabs/CVE-2016-7255

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037251

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94064

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140468/Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-win32k.sys-NtSetWindowLongPtr-Privilege-Escalation.html

http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/one-bit-rule-system-analyzing-cve-2016-7255-exploit-wild/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-11-10

Updated: 2026-09-10

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.80968