{
    "id": "CVE-2016-0167",
    "published": "2016-04-12 23:59:30",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:37:02",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "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-2016-0165.",
    "epss_score": "0.05683",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92729",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-05-03",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-05-03."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_10_1507"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_10_1511"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_7"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_rt_8.1"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2008"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_server_2012"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "microsoft",
            "product": "windows_vista"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2016-0167",
        "date_added": "2021-11-03",
        "due_date": "2022-05-03",
        "vendor": "Microsoft",
        "product": "Win32k",
        "name": "Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 1
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035529",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035532",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-039",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035529",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035532",
        "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-039",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0167"
    ]
}