CVE-2016-7255CISA KEVEPSS p99.6%

CVE-2016-7255Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft / Win32k

Description

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.

Scoring

EPSS80.97% probability of exploitation · percentile 99.6% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z

CISA KEV entry

Added to KEV: 2021-11-03

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TypeTargetConfidenceTier
KEVEntryMicrosoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitykev-cve-2016-72550%live

Related by meaning· 2

Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.

CVE
Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE
Microsoft Win32k Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Sourced from NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.