CVE-2016-7255
Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
IN CISA KEV
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
- Microsoft
- Product
- Win32k
- CVSS
- No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Not recorded
- NVD modified
- Not recorded
CISA KEV
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS
81.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 99th)
FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS
CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.
Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.