HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2021-11-03Vulnerability

CVE-2016-0167

Microsoft Win32k contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation via a crafted application

Properties

Vulnerability name
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First seen
2025-10-21T23:55:53+00:00
Cvss score
7.8
Epss score
0.05683
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-05-03
Euvd assigner
microsoft
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2021-11-03T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2021-11-03
Score
7.8
Euvd base score version
3.1
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vendor project
Microsoft

Related Entities (12)

AFFECTS_PRODUCT (10)

→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1511:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
→[Product]cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

DESCRIBES (1)

←[KEVEntry]Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

INVOLVES (1)

←[Signal]kev_added · 2021-11-03

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