CVE-2016-0151
Published 2016-04-12 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com
Summary
CVE-2016-0151 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 28, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by April 18, 2022. CISA also lists it as known to be used in ransomware campaigns, so it should be prioritised accordingly. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.
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The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mismanages process tokens, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows CSRSS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Microsoft — Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS)
Name: Microsoft Windows CSRSS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-03-28 · Due: 2022-04-18
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035544
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-048
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39740/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035544
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-048
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39740/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0151