CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7221
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
Input Method Editor (IME) in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 mishandles DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka "Windows IME Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10
• microsoft windows 10 1511
• microsoft windows 10 1607
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 8.1
• microsoft windows rt 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows server 2016
• microsoft windows vista
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94021 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037241 www.securitytracker.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-130 docs.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94021 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037241 www.securitytracker.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-130 docs.microsoft.com