CVE-2016-3226

Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2016-3226 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by KB3160352, released June 16, 2016. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
n/a
Important
Exploitation
None reported
Exploitation Unlikely
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.1070
95th percentile

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Active Directory when an authenticated attacker creates multiple machine accounts. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause the Active Directory service to become nonresponsive.</p> <p>To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have valid credentials. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating multiple machine accounts, resulting in denial of service.</p> <p>The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how machine accounts are created.</p>

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 KB3160352 Jun 16, 2016
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) KB3160352 Jun 16, 2016
Windows Server 2012 KB3160352 Jun 16, 2016
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) KB3160352 Jun 16, 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 KB3160352 Jun 16, 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) KB3160352 Jun 16, 2016