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CVE-2016-7252

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7252 is a medium-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL Server 2016, specifically related to how it handles the FILESTREAM path. Remote authenticated users can exploit this with low complexity to gain high confidentiality impact, though integrity and availability are not affected. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
17.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1757 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 for x64-based Systems (CU)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Nov/CVE-2016-7252Important

Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Nov 8, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136
securityfocus.com / bid/94050
securitytracker.com / id/1037250