CVE-2016-7216
The kernel API in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 mishandles permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The kernel API in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 mishandles permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.14% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 15 November 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows vista
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 4.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94048
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037253
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-139
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40766/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94048
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037253
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-139
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40766/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.