Description
The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 SP1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Metasploit 1 module
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Windows WMI Receive Notification Exploit
exploit/windows/local/ms16_014_wmi_recv_notif
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Windows WMI - Recieve Notification Exploit (Metasploit) EDB-44586 · local · May 4, 2018 · verified
GitHub 2 repositories
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Rootkitsmm-zz/cve-2016-0040 ★ 45 · Feb 26, 2016
Exploiting CVE-2016-0040 uninitialized pointer
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de7ec7ed/CVE-2016-0040 ★ 14 · Aug 3, 2017
CVE-2016-0040 Privilege Escalation Exploit For WMI Receive Notification Vulnerability (x86-64)
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.