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CVE-2016-0087

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0087 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008. It allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting improper handle validation through a crafted application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has a significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:x64:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:sp1:x86:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0156 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-031
securityfocus.com / bid/84032
securitytracker.com / id/1035209