CVSS 3.0
5.0 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2016-0073
The kernel in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an API call to access sensitive information in the registry, aka "Windows Kernel Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0075.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- microsoft:windows_10
- microsoft:windows_8.1
- microsoft:windows_rt_8.1
- microsoft:windows_server_2012