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CVE-2016-0051 in the critical feed json

The WebDAV client in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold…

published 2016-02-10 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-0089

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
22.8%
EPSS 22.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

The WebDAV client 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 and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "WebDAV Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/local/ms16_016_webdav)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

22.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/local/ms16_016_webdav MS16-016 mrxdav.sys WebDav Local Privilege Escalation metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2016-02-09
  • EDB-40085 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 - 'mrxdav.sys' WebDAV Privilege Escalation (MS16-016) (Metasploit) local, 2016-07-11
  • EDB-39788 Microsoft Windows 7 - 'WebDAV' Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-016) (2) local, 2016-05-09
  • EDB-39432 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (x86) - 'WebDAV' Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-016) (1) local, 2016-02-10

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.