vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-0128: Windows SAM and LSAD Downgrade Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Apr 12, 2016 | Jun 10, 2024 | Oct 14, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Apr 12, 2016
Added
Jun 10, 2024
Modified
Oct 14, 2025
Description
The SAM and LSAD protocol implementations 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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 do not properly establish an RPC channel, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to perform protocol-downgrade attacks and impersonate users by modifying the client-server data stream, aka "Windows SAM and LSAD Downgrade Vulnerability" or "BADLOCK."
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb3147461microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb3147458
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