{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "r2-sp1"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "r2"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "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 application, aka \"Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.\"",
  "id": "CVE-2016-7255",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T21:48:05.916521613Z",
  "published": "2016-11-10T07:00:09.460Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7255"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/digging-windows-kernel-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-cve-2016-7255/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037251"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.googleblog.com/2016/10/disclosing-vulnerabilities-to-protect.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94064"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-135"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/one-bit-rule-system-analyzing-cve-2016-7255-exploit-wild/"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40745/"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://github.com/mwrlabs/CVE-2016-7255"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40823/"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41015/"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140468/Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-win32k.sys-NtSetWindowLongPtr-Privilege-Escalation.html"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}