Known Exploited Vulnerability: CVE-2016-0040

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Catalog version: 2026.06.09 Date added: 2022-03-28 Due date: 2022-04-18 CISA catalog

Vendor: Microsoft

Product: Windows

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0040

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