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CVE-2016-7247

Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511,...

7.5 High

Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass the Secure Boot protection mechanism via a crafted boot policy, aka "Secure Boot Component Vulnerability."

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

6.03%Down 2.7 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass the Secure Boot protection mechanism via a crafted boot policy, aka "Secure Boot Component Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2016-7247
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass the Secure Boot protection mechanism via a crafted boot policy, aka "Secure Boot Component Vulnerability."

Record
CVE-2016-7247
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-8103 No score

Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass the Secure Boot protection mechanism via a crafted boot policy, aka "Secure Boot Component Vulnerability."

Record
EUVD-2016-8103
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rvvx-87q6-3f48 7.5

Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511,...

Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607, and Windows Server 2016 allow physically proximate attackers to bypass the Secure Boot protection mechanism via a crafted boot policy, aka "Secure Boot Component Vulnerability."

Record
GHSA-rvvx-87q6-3f48
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-7247 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) 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 6.03%, the 93rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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