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CVE-2016-0135

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0135 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Secondary Logon Service in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511. A local attacker can exploit this by running a specially crafted application, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSSv3 score of 8.4 (High), it presents a significant risk if exploited. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
1.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0158 is in the 89th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
View patch
envoyvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
mozillavendor investigatingvia llm_extracted
pythonvendor investigatingvia llm_extracted

Vendor Advisories (4)

mozillallm-mozilla-1db1e6ff8e695c34MEDIUM

[R1] Microsoft Windows 10 lsass.exe Empty SID Lookup Handling Remote DoS

Apr 14, 2016
envoyllm-envoy-db36a234b6dc5be2MEDIUM

[R1] Microsoft Windows 10 lsass.exe Empty SID Lookup Handling Remote DoS

Apr 13, 2016
pythonllm-python-c82fbee7b77d5978MEDIUM

[R1] Microsoft Windows 10 lsass.exe Empty SID Lookup Handling Remote DoS

Apr 13, 2016
microsoft2016-Apr/CVE-2016-0135Important

Secondary Logon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Apr 12, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-046
securitytracker.com / id/1035541
Third Party Advisory