CVE-2016-3237

Kerberos Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2016-3237 is fixed in 25 products on 1 platform, first by KB3167679, released August 9, 2016. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.4
Important
Exploitation
None reported
Exploitation Less Likely
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.1718
97th percentile

<p>A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Windows when Kerberos improperly handles a password change request and falls back to NT LAN Manager (<a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/dn848375.aspx#NTLM">NTLM</a>) Authentication Protocol as the default authentication protocol.</p> <p>An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could use it to bypass Kerberos authentication. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to be able to launch a man-in-the-middle (<a href="https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/dn848375.aspx#MiTM">MiTM</a>) attack against the traffic passing between a domain controller and the target machine.</p> <p>The update addresses this vulnerability by preventing Kerberos from falling back to NTLM as the default authentication protocol during a domain account password change.</p>

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Microsoft
Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems 10586.633 KB3192441 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1511 for x64-based Systems 10586.633 KB3192441 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems 14393.321 KB3194798 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems 14393.321 KB3194798 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems 10240.17146 KB3192440 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems 10240.17146 KB3192440 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 KB3192391 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1 KB3185330 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 KB3192391 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 KB3185330 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems KB3192392 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems KB3185331 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems KB3192392 Oct 11, 2016
Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems KB3185331 Oct 11, 2016
Windows RT 8.1 KB3185331 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1 KB3192391 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1 KB3185330 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 KB3192391 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 KB3185330 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) KB3192391 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation) KB3185330 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 KB3167679 Aug 9, 2016
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) KB3167679 Aug 9, 2016
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2 KB3167679 Aug 9, 2016
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 KB3167679 Aug 9, 2016
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation) KB3167679 Aug 9, 2016
Windows Server 2012 KB3185332 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2012 KB3192393 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) KB3185332 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation) KB3192393 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 KB3192392 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 KB3185331 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) KB3192392 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation) KB3185331 Oct 11, 2016
Windows Vista Service Pack 2 KB3167679 Aug 9, 2016
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2 KB3167679 Aug 9, 2016