CVE-2016-7249 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL Server 2016, stemming from an improper pointer cast. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows remote authenticated attackers to gain significant privileges with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high risk, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, and it has received no significant community or media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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