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CVE-2016-3213in critical feed

The Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 S…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
66.9%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
0
none known

The Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold and 1511, and Internet Explorer 9 through 11 has an improper fallback mechanism, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via NetBIOS name responses, aka "WPAD Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

66.90% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-077 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-063 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036096 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036104 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

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