CVE-2016-7270 Weak cryptography in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7270?

CVE-2016-7270 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft .Net Framework, published on 20 Dec 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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."

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7270?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft .Net Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-7270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft .Net Framework

• CVE-2020-0646 Microsoft .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-8759 Microsoft .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2015-1671 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2024-29059 Microsoft .NET Framework Information Disclosure Exploited High 7.5
• CVE-2014-4073 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0

All Microsoft .Net Framework vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8gpg-cpw5-pw9g.