CVE-2016-3226

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Published Jun 16, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 10.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Active Directory in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service hang) by creating many machine accounts, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:gold::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2::::datacenter:::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2::::essentials:::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2::::standard:::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 10.7% (10.700% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036108
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-081

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:47 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published: Jun 16, 2016, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 11:47 PM
Reserved: Mar 15, 2016, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:45 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 16, 2016, 1:59 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:45 AM

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