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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-3237: Kerberos Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-3237: Kerberos Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/09/2016
Created
06/27/2024
Added
06/10/2024
Modified
06/10/2024

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; Windows RT 8.1; and Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass authentication via vectors related to a fallback to NTLM authentication during a domain account password change, aka "Kerberos Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb3192440
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb3192441
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb3194798

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