CVE Watch—

CVE-2016-3309

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVSS

—

No CVSS

EPSS

20.5%

p97

KEV

YES

Mar 15, 2022

Exploit Today

0-100

Published: — · Last modified: —

EPSS · 30d

20.5%EPSS · 30 days20.6%

2026-09-162026-10-14

KEV catalog record

Product

Microsoft / Windows

Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Added to KEV

Mar 15, 2022

Remediate by

Apr 5, 2022

Known ransomware use

Yes

Summary description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3309

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