CVE-2016-0088
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS...
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted application, aka "Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted application, aka "Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-0088- CVSS 3.0
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted application, aka "Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-0088- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0126 No score
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted application, aka "Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2016-0126- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4h7p-4c7p-j56v
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS...
Hyper-V in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via a crafted application, aka "Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-4h7p-4c7p-j56v- CVSS 3.0
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-0088 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Microsoft Windows 10, published April 12, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.35%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.