CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-7221

Published: Nov 10, 2016 | Modified: Oct 12, 2018
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_rt_8.1 Microsoft * *
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft r2 r2
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft * *
Windows_7 Microsoft * *
Windows_10 Microsoft 1511 1511
Windows_10 Microsoft 1607 1607
Windows_8.1 Microsoft * *
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft r2 r2
Windows_vista Microsoft * *
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft * *
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft - -
Windows_10 Microsoft - -

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