CVE-2016-7270

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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."

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-310

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 20, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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