Vulnerability · CVE-2016-0151
Microsoft Windows CSRSS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Published Apr 12, 2016 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS)
Patch now
CVE-2016-0151 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 18, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 62.94%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1507 · cpe microsoft/windows 10 1511 · cpe microsoft/windows 8.1 · cpe microsoft/windows rt 8.1 · cpe microsoft/windows server 2012 · vendor Microsoft Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS)
The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mismanages process tokens, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows CSRSS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
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- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1507version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 10 1511version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows 8.1version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows rt 8.1version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/windows server 2012r2
- vendor Microsoft Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS)version unspecified
How to fix CVE-2016-0151
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Apr 18, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2016-0151 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 18, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with microsoft/windows server 2012 r2. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-264; CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. EPSS 62.94%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.
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Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 12, 2016 · Catalog
Detected
The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mismanages process tokens, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows CSRSS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
Mar 28, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Apr 18, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mismanages process tokens, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows CSRSS Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-0151
The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft mismanages process tokens, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0151
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-0151
30-day exploitation probability 62.9%
first.org - Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference39740
Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.
exploit-db.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-0151
The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mismanages process tokens, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Windows CSRSS Security Featu
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-0151
The Client-Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) in Microsoft mismanages process tokens, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.