CVE-2016-0020: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 mishandle DLL loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "MAPI DLL Loading Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified; version r2 only

Published 2016-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.