CVE-2016-7255

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"Los controladores kernel-mode en Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 y R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold y R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511 y 1607 y Windows Server 2016 permiten a usuarios locales obtener privilegios a trav\u00e9s de una aplicaci\u00f3n manipulada, vulnerabilidad tambi\u00e9n conocida como \"Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability\"."}], "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837", "cisaActionDue": "2022-05-03", "cisaExploitAdd": "2021-11-03", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "542DAEEC-73CC-46C6-A630-BF474A3446AC"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1511:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "7A8E9D99-BD78-4340-88F2-5AFF27AC37C9"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": 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