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CVE-2016-7250

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7250 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP1, 2014 SP2, and 2016, stemming from an improper pointer cast. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating it can be exploited remotely by authenticated users with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2014CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2014:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2014CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2014:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1199 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,805 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, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 for 32-bit Systems (GDR)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 for 32-bit Systems (CU)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 for x64-based Systems (GDR)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 for x64-based Systems (CU)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 for 32-bit Systems (GDR)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 for 32-bit Systems (CU)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 for x64-based Systems (CU)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 for x64-based Systems (GDR)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (GDR)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (CU)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Nov/CVE-2016-7250Important

SQL RDBMS Engine Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Nov 8, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136
securityfocus.com / bid/94060
securitytracker.com / id/1037250