Known Exploited Vulnerability: CVE-2016-7255

Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Catalog version: 2026.06.23 Date added: 2021-11-03 Due date: 2022-05-03 CISA catalog

Vendor: Microsoft

Product: Win32k

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7255

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