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CVE-2016-3309

high · 7.8Actively exploited

On the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Added 2022-03-15Remediation due 2022-04-05

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-2016-3308, CVE-2016-3310, and CVE-2016-3311.

7.8
CVSS
20.5%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
97th
EPSS percentile
2016-08-09
Published

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftwindows_10_1507all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1511all versions
microsoftwindows_10_1607all versions
microsoftwindows_7all versions
microsoftwindows_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_rt_8.1all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2008r2
microsoftwindows_server_2012all versions
microsoftwindows_server_2012r2
microsoftwindows_vistaall versions

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References

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