The SMB server component in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 201…

Published 10 y ago 2016-06-16 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

43.5%

percentile 99%

Public exploits

Metasploit · Exploit-DB

The SMB server component 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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that forwards an authentication request to an unintended service, aka "Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

43.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

Metasploit exploit/windows/local/ms16_075_reflection_juicy Windows Net-NTLMv2 Reflection DCOM/RPC (Juicy) · metasploit exploit, great rank · 2016-01-16
Metasploit exploit/windows/local/ms16_075_reflection Windows Net-NTLMv2 Reflection DCOM/RPC · metasploit exploit, normal rank · 2016-01-16
EDB-45562 Microsoft Windows - Net-NTLMv2 Reflection DCOM/RPC (Metasploit) · local · 2018-10-08

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	6.9	`AV:L/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/ms16-075 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1036110 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/45562/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-3225
NVD: CVE-2016-3225

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