CVE-2016-7272

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

39.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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

2016-12-20 05:54Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:57Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-19

Data version

5.1

Document digest

68f2742e8645946d64c153d0ab36d9662376bcabaa4d5c031ca517bc3f6cf82e

• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-645x_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1037438http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037438vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com94739http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94739vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-146https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-146vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS