CVE-2016-3279

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

16.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 96.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-07-13 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:47Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-15

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-254

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a3fa239b4905c4f3adb74dbce55cac657124e1fba48c23be064315ac5952a9b3

• www.securitytracker.com1036274http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036274vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securitytracker.com1036275http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036275vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-088https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-088vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.securityfocus.com91587http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91587vdb-entryx_refsource_BID