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CVE-2016-0009

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0009 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Vista, Server 2008 (including R2), Windows 7, and Windows 10. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, typically requiring user interaction. While the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it is not listed on the KEV catalog, indicating it is not actively exploited in the wild.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
1511CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
1511CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1559 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Vista Service Pack 2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Jan/CVE-2016-0009Critical

CVE-2016-0009

Jan 12, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-005
securitytracker.com / id/1034654