CVE-2016-3231 is an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting the Standard Collector service within Microsoft Windows Diagnostics Hub. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by exploiting how the service handles library loading. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention found.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_diagnostics_hub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.