CVE-2016-3226

moderate-risk
Published 2016-06-16

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."

Do I need to act?

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13.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 87% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

48
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 12/34 · Low