CVE-2016-7255 is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Exploits are available; patches have been released and should be applied urgently. This is classified as a zero-day vulnerability.
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Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
EPSS predicts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days based on real-world threat data, complementing CVSS severity scores with actual risk assessment.
Microsoft Win32k kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory which allows for privilege escalation. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to run code in kernel mode.
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows Vista |
| Microsoft | Windows Rt 8.1 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1507 |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1607 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft | Windows 7 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2016 |
| Microsoft | Windows 10 1511 |