CVE-2016-7223: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Virtual Hard Disk Driver in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 does not properly restrict access to files, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "VHD Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified

Published 2016-11-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.