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CVE-2016-7253

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7253 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL Server 2012, 2014, and 2016. It stems from improper access control list (ACL) checks on the atxcore.dll by the SQL Server agent, allowing remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2012CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2012:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2012CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2012:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2014CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2014:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2014CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sql_server:2014:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
11.86%
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 0.1186 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 17,784 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 (16)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (GDR)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (CU)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 3 (GDR)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 3 (CU)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (GDR)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (CU)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 3 (GDR)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 3 (CU)
View patch
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)
View patch
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Nov/CVE-2016-7253Important

Microsoft SQL Server Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Nov 8, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-136
securityfocus.com / bid/94056
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037250