PT-2016-2173 · Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1+6

Published 2016-06-16 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-3230

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows versions prior to the fixed version Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows 8.1 Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2 Windows RT 8.1 Windows 10 Gold and 1511

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in the Search component, allowing local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in performance degradation, via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01526

CVE-2016-3230

Affected Products

Windows

Windows 10

Windows 7

Windows 8.1

Windows Rt 8.1

Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1

Windows Server 2012

References · 8

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-082 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3230 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3230 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2016-3230 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3230 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01526 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-082 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036102 · Note