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CVE-2016-0100

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0100 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2, stemming from improper handling of library loading. With a CVSS score of 8.4 (High), it allows local users to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application, indicating a low attack complexity and significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit modules are available in Metasploit, and its FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100 suggests a high likelihood of exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
58.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Office OLE Multiple DLL Side Loading Vulnerabilities · Dec 8, 2015
ExploitDB: EDB-41706 · Dec 8, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5801 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/ms16-025
securityfocus.com / bid/83930
securitytracker.com / id/1035205