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CVE-2016-7270

N/A

Published: December 20, 2016 at 05:54 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendor.NET Framework

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 20%

Description

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."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

.NET Framework · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-155

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94741

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037455

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS

Source: [email protected]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-155

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-310

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