CVE-2016-7220
Virtual Secure Mode in Microsoft Windows 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information...
Virtual Secure Mode in Microsoft Windows 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka "Virtual Secure Mode Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
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
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Virtual Secure Mode in Microsoft Windows 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka "Virtual Secure Mode Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-7220- CVSS 3.0
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Virtual Secure Mode in Microsoft Windows 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka "Virtual Secure Mode Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
CVE-2016-7220- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8079 No score
Virtual Secure Mode in Microsoft Windows 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka "Virtual Secure Mode Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
EUVD-2016-8079- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qmgc-g2vg-h34m
Virtual Secure Mode in Microsoft Windows 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information...
Virtual Secure Mode in Microsoft Windows 10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka "Virtual Secure Mode Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
- Record
GHSA-qmgc-g2vg-h34m- CVSS 3.0
- 3.3 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- 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-2016-7220 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.3) in Microsoft Windows 10, published November 10, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.27%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.