CVE-2016-3213

The Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold and 1511, and Internet Explorer 9 through 11 has an improper fallback mechanism, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via NetBIOS name responses, aka "WPAD Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Affected products

Internet Explorer, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Rt 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Internet Explorer

= 9, 10, 11

Microsoft Windows 10

All versions

Microsoft Windows 7

All versions

Microsoft Windows 8.1

All versions

Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1

All versions

Microsoft Windows Server 2008

All versions

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

9.3 HIGH

CVSS 3.1

8.8 HIGH

EPSS

62.3% (99th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-264

NVD status

Modified

Published

2016-06-16