vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2016-3299: NetBIOS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 9, 2016
Added
Jun 10, 2024
Modified
Oct 14, 2025

Description

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 allow remote attackers to hijack network traffic or bypass intended Enhanced Protected Mode (EPM) or application container protection mechanisms, and consequently render untrusted content in a browser, by leveraging how NetBIOS validates responses, aka "NetBIOS Spoofing Vulnerability."

Solutions

microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb3163017microsoft-windows-windows_10-1511-kb3163018
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