CVE-2016-7238
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.014 · 73 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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 mishandle caching for NTLM password-change requests, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows NTLM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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affected products (25)
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- microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (6)
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sources
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-137cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94045cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94045enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037249enisa_euvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-137enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94045nvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037249nvd
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-137nvd
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