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  "cveId": "CVE-2016-3223",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3223",
  "summary": "CVE-2016-3223 is fixed in 23 products on 1 platform, first by KB3163018, released June 14, 2016. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability",
  "description": "\u003Cp\u003EAn elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft Windows processes group policy updates. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially escalate permissions or perform additional privileged actions on the target machine.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to launch a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack against the traffic passing between a domain controller and the target machine. An attacker could then create a group policy to grant administrator rights to a standard user.\u003C/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe security update addresses the vulnerability by enforcing Kerberos authentication for certain calls over LDAP.\u003C/p\u003E",
  "published": "2016-06-14T12:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Important",
  "epss": 0.21253,
  "epssPercentile": 0.97606,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "exploitabilityAssessment": "Exploitation Unlikely",
  "vendorAdvisory": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3223",
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      "product": "Windows 10 Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems",
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      "fixedVersion": "10240.16942",
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  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-07T06:34:28Z"
}