CVE-2016-0040

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.243 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 4 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

24.3% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

added 2022-03-28remediate by 2022-04-18

required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264US

exploits (4)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-44586Microsoft Windows WMI - Recieve Notification Exploit (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
exploit/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notifWindows WMI Receive Notification Exploitfunctional · metasploit
Rootkitsmm-zz/cve-2016-0040Exploiting CVE-2016-0040 uninitialized pointerPoC · poc_in_github
de7ec7ed/CVE-2016-0040CVE-2016-0040 Privilege Escalation Exploit For WMI Receive Notification Vulnerability (x86-64)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Windows 7 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Vista Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
microsoft windows 7all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2008= r2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows vistaall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-02-10modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-014 cnnvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034985 enisa_euvd
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-014 enisa_euvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44586/enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034985Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-014PatchVendor Advisorynvd
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0040US Government Resourcenvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44586/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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