CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-0049
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-02-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Description
Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 does not properly validate password changes, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by deploying a crafted Key Distribution Center (KDC) and then performing a sign-in action, aka "Windows Kerberos Security Feature Bypass."
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10
• microsoft windows 10 1511
• microsoft windows 7
• microsoft windows 8.1
• microsoft windows server 2008
• microsoft windows server 2008 r2
• microsoft windows server 2012
• microsoft windows server 2012 r2
• microsoft windows vista
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135797/Windows-Kerberos-Security-Feature-Bypass.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82535 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034985 www.securitytracker.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-014 docs.microsoft.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39442/ www.exploit-db.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135797/Windows-Kerberos-Security-Feature-Bypass.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82535 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034985 www.securitytracker.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-014 docs.microsoft.com
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39442/ www.exploit-db.com