What is CVE-2016-7270?

CVE-2016-7270 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-7270?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework

CVE-2016-7270

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."

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.200 (97.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Microsoft .Net_framework — versions 4.6.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7270?: CVE-2016-7270 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-7270?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.