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CVE-2016-7255

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, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted app…

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CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

8.6/10

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: 80.97%: +0.40

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

Sources: 10 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

Qualys

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

Check Point Research

Press · 26 Oct 2020, 07:00 · Exploit Developer Spotlight: The Story of PlayBit - Check Point Research

The Hacker News

Press · 02 Oct 2020, 07:00 · Researchers Fingerprint Exploit Developers Who Help Several Malware Authors - The Hacker News

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

Cyfirma

Press · 10 Jun 2020, 07:00 · MAZE RANSOMWARE GROUP DECLARED SUCCESSFUL EXPLOITS OF MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND RELEASED MASSIVE DATA ON PUBLIC SITE IN ONE DAY - Cyfirma

See all 10 source documents

TechTarget

Press · 19 Jan 2017, 08:00 · Windows 10 security tackles exploits, while Windows 7 gets a warning - TechTarget

Notebookcheck

Press · 16 Jan 2017, 08:00 · Windows 10 Anniversary Update is incredibly secure - Notebookcheck

McAfee

Press · 29 Dec 2016, 08:00 · Digging Into a Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability: CVE-2016-7255 - McAfee

Unit 42

Press · 15 Dec 2016, 08:00 · Let It Ride: The Sofacy Group’s DealersChoice Attacks Continue - Unit 42

Security Affairs

Press · 13 Nov 2016, 08:00 · Pawn Storm APT conducted spear-phishing attacks before zero-days was fixed - Security Affairs

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 8.6 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #40745 2016-11-09
exploitdb #40823 2016-11-24
exploitdb #41015 2017-01-08

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 81.0%
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 13:57:46.755924+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

10 Nov 2016, 06:16

First press mention

13 Nov 2016, 08:00

Added to the CISA KEV catalog

03 Nov 2021, 00:00

Latest press mention

22 Feb 2022, 08:00

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:57

PoCs on GitHub

3 repositories