Loading vulnerability…
CVE-2016-0167 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Win32k kernel-mode driver affecting multiple Windows client and server releases, including Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511. Available reporting identifies the flaw as a use-after-free in Win32k, specifically in Win32k!xxxMNDestroyHandler. The vulnerability can be triggered by a crafted local application and allows a local user to elevate privileges. It has been described as a zero-day in real-world operations and was incorporated into malware and post-exploitation tooling, including x86 and x64 exploit variants. The flaw is distinct from CVE-2016-0143 and CVE-2016-0165.
Mallory correlates every CVE against your assets, your vendors, and active adversary campaigns. Know which vulnerabilities matter for you, not just which ones are loud.
What it means. What to do now. Patch path, mitigations, and the assume-compromise checklist.
What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.
Patch, then assume compromise.
No public exploits tracked yet. Mallory keeps watching.
No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
10 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A zero-day privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows exploited in attacks against more than 100 organizations.
Referenced earlier Windows exploit used as historical comparison for shellcode-based exploitation approaches.
A Microsoft Windows privilege escalation vulnerability included in the leaked exploit set.
A vulnerability included in FireEye's list of 16 CVEs for which protections can help limit the effectiveness of stolen red-team tools.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.