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CVE-2016-3223in critical feed1 exploit

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.…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.1
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
21.3%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandle LDAP authentication, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to gain privileges by modifying group-policy update data within a domain-controller data stream, aka "Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

21.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40219 Microsoft Windows 7 (x86/x64) - Group Policy Privilege Escalation (MS16-072) · local · 2016-08-08

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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

  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/138248/Microsoft-Windows-7-Group-Policy-Privilege-Escalation.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-072 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1036100 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40219/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

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