CVE-2016-0181
Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Virtual Secure Mode...
Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Virtual Secure Mode Hypervisor Code Integrity (HVCI) protection mechanism and perform RWX markings of kernel-mode pages via a crafted application, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Security Feature Bypass."
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Virtual Secure Mode Hypervisor Code Integrity (HVCI) protection mechanism and perform RWX markings of kernel-mode pages via a crafted application, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Security Feature Bypass."
- Record
CVE-2016-0181- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-254
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Virtual Secure Mode Hypervisor Code Integrity (HVCI) protection mechanism and perform RWX markings of kernel-mode pages via a crafted application, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Security Feature Bypass."
- Record
CVE-2016-0181- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-0219 No score
Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Virtual Secure Mode Hypervisor Code Integrity (HVCI) protection mechanism and perform RWX markings of kernel-mode pages via a crafted application, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Security Feature Bypass."
- Record
EUVD-2016-0219- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-22g8-52ww-hqgx
Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Virtual Secure Mode...
Microsoft Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to bypass the Virtual Secure Mode Hypervisor Code Integrity (HVCI) protection mechanism and perform RWX markings of kernel-mode pages via a crafted application, aka "Hypervisor Code Integrity Security Feature Bypass."
- Record
GHSA-22g8-52ww-hqgx- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - 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-2016-0181 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft Windows 10, published May 11, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.