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CVE-2016-0165 kev in the critical feed json

The kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012…

published 2016-04-12 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-0203

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2023-06-22
epss
13.7%
EPSS 13.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The kernel-mode driver 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 "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0143 and CVE-2016-0167.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Timeline

  1. 0-day patched (Project Zero)
  2. Published
  3. First public exploit (EDB-44480)
  4. Added to CISA KEV
  5. CISA patch deadline
  6. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
3 y ago
Patch by
2023-07-13 (3 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Microsoft, Win32k
CISA name
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Zero-day

Detected in real attacks while still unknown to the vendor and the public, per Google Project Zero's 0day In-the-Wild tracker.

Patched
2016-04-12
Details
project zero tracker

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

13.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44480 Microsoft Windows Kernel (7 x86) - Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-039) local, 2018-03-01

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

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.