CVE-2016-0167
Actively exploited. CVE-2016-0167 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Microsoft Win32k contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation via a crafted application
CSIRTS triage
- What
- An unspecified vulnerability allows privilege escalation via a crafted application.
- Who is affected
- Users of Microsoft Win32k are affected by this vulnerability.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as exploitation is possible and the vulnerability is critical.
- Action
- Install the latest updates for Microsoft Windows to address this issue.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 92% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2016-0167: Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2021-11-03
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