CVE-2016-0051
The WebDAV client in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 22.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The WebDAV client in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "WebDAV Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits7
Metasploit modules1 module
- MS16-016 mrxdav.sys WebDav Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/local/ms16_016_webdavRank excellentdisclosed 9 Feb 2016
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 - 'mrxdav.sys' WebDAV Privilege Escalation (MS16-016) (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 40085local, windowspublished 11 Jul 2016Verified
- Microsoft Windows 7 - 'WebDAV' Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-016) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39788local, windowspublished 9 May 2016Verified
- Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (x86) - 'WebDAV' Local Privilege Escalation (MS16-016) (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39432local, windows_x86published 10 Feb 2016Verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 40085 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39788 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39432 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.8% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 1034980 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 40085 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 39788 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- MS16-016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 39432 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-0089 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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