PT-2016-2176 · Microsoft · Active Directory+4

Published 2016-06-16 · Updated 2019-05-08 · CVE-2016-3226

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Gold Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Active Directory service of the Windows operating system. It allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by creating multiple machine accounts, which can lead to a service hang.

Recommendations For Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Gold, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

Fix

DoS

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01529

CVE-2016-3226

Affected Products

Active Directory

Windows

Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1

Windows Server 2012 Gold

Windows Server 2012 R2

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3226 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3226 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3226 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2016-3226 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-081 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01529 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-081 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036108 · Note