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MS16-081: Security Update for Active Directory (3160352)

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MS16-081: Security Update for Active Directory (3160352)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2016
Modified
03/09/2020

Description

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 non-responsive.

Solution(s)

  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-081-3f9760a4-ce3e-4c71-9e70-9996cdfa2379
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-081-906004e7-3aaa-4e87-8bd6-576c844d302b
  • WINDOWS-HOTFIX-MS16-081-d8e89406-5e59-42fa-9842-3bec051978b4

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