CVE-2016-7270
moderate-risk
Published 2016-12-20
The Data Provider for SQL Server in Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 mishandles a developer-supplied key, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Always Encrypted protection mechanism and obtain sensitive cleartext information by leveraging key guessability, aka ".NET Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Do I need to act?
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37.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 63% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (6)
47
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
16/34 · Moderate
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal