CVE-2016-0075: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The kernel in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an API call to access sensitive information in the registry, aka "Windows Kernel Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-0073.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only; version 1607 only
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected versions not specified; version r2 only

Published 2016-10-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.