PoC Index

CVE-2016-3309

KEV RANSOMWAREHIGH 7.8EPSS 20.6%

The kernel-mode drivers 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, 1511, and 1607 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3308, CVE-2016-3310, and CVE-2016-3311.

CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
20.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile
CISA KEV
added 2022-03-15, used in ransomware campaigns
Published
2016-08-09
Updated
2025-10-21

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

ExploitDB entries (1)

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