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CVE-2016-0167

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 Elevat…

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CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.2/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?

Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
Fresh EPSS: 5.66%: +0.03

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 8 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

CloudSEK

Press · 02 Jun 2023, 21:47 · A Guide to the Most Popular Zero-Day Attacks - CloudSEK

Qualys

Press · 22 Feb 2022, 08:00 · Managing CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities with Qualys VMDR - Qualys

Tripwire

Press · 18 Dec 2020, 08:00 · VERT Alert: SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack - Tripwire

Sophos

Press · 10 Dec 2020, 08:00 · Reassuring Sophos customers following the theft of Mandiant/FireEye tools - Sophos

TechTarget

Press · 09 Dec 2020, 08:00 · FireEye red team tools stolen in cyber attack - TechTarget

See all 8 source documents

Check Point Research

Press · 02 Oct 2020, 07:00 · Graphology of an Exploit – Hunting for exploits by looking for the author’s fingerprints - Check Point Research

Unit 42

Press · 06 Jan 2017, 08:00 · 2016 Updates to Shifu Banking Trojan - Unit 42

Google Cloud

Press · 11 May 2016, 07:00 · Threat Actor Leverages Windows Zero-day Exploit in Payment Card Data Attacks - Google Cloud

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.2 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 1 repos with metrics

Repository	Stars	Forks	Language	Updated
leeqwind/HolicPOC	90	38	C++	22 Mar 2022, 03:02

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Exploitation recorded
Priority basis: Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 5.7%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: local access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity: Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:42.957206+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

12 Apr 2016, 23:00

First press mention

11 May 2016, 07:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

03 Nov 2021, 00:00

Latest press mention

02 Jun 2023, 21:47

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:57

PoCs on GitHub

1 repositories