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CVE-2016-3219

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3219 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the kernel-mode driver in Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511, allowing local users to gain elevated privileges through a crafted application. It carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability concerns, and requires user interaction. While no active exploitation in the wild (KEV) or Metasploit modules are reported, a public exploit (EDB-39993) exists, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

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

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
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
6.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39993 · Jun 21, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0613 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 for 32-bit 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 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Jun/CVE-2016-3219Important

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Jun 14, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-074
exploit-db.com / exploits/39993
securitytracker.com / id/1036101