CVE-2016-3236Critical
MSR
MSR
Microsoft Security Response Center
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Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
Microsoft's Security Update Guide, covering Windows, Office, Azure, SQL Server, Exchange and other first-party products.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide →Share link
Anyone with the link can open this vulnerability.
The Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) protocol implementation in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 S…
CVSS
9.8
Critical
EPSS
0.78
p99
Published
2016-01-01
Updated
2016-01-01
Description
The Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) protocol implementation 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 mishandles proxy discovery, which allows remote attackers to redirect network traffic via unspecified vectors, aka "Windows WPAD Proxy Discovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Tags · CWE
Pre-auth
CWE-19
CWE-19CategoryDraft
Data Processing Errors
Weaknesses in this category are typically found in functionality that processes data. Data processing is the manipulation of input to retrieve or save information.
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/19.html →Open in CWE collection →Affected products
Windows_10Windows_7Windows_8.1Windows_rt_8.1Windows_server_2008Windows_server_2012Windows_vista
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Timeline
2016-01-01
Published
2016-01-01
Updated
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
Attack Vector
AV: N
Network (N)
Attack Complexity
AC: L
Low (L)
Privileges Required
PR: N
None (N)
User Interaction
UI: N
None (N)
Scope
S: U
Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality Impact
C: H
High (H)
Integrity Impact
I: H
High (H)
Availability Impact
A: H
High (H)
Exploit indicators
EPSS
0.777 · p99
Known exploited (KEV)
No
Known exploits — Сканер-ВС
No Сканер-ВС checks registered for this vulnerability yet.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| windows_10 | * | Tracked |
| windows_7 | * | Tracked |
| windows_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_rt_8.1 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2008 | * | Tracked |
| windows_server_2012 | * | Tracked |
| windows_vista | * | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
| Windows | Microsoft | Tracked |
Source databases
MSR
MSR
Microsoft Security Response Center
The Security Update Guide is the source of truth for vulnerabilities in Microsoft products — KB article numbers, impacted builds and replacement patches. MSRC also assigns the MSRC-specific exploitability index used alongside CVSS.
Region
US
Updates
Patch Tuesday + ad-hoc
License
Proprietary
Microsoft's Security Update Guide, covering Windows, Office, Azure, SQL Server, Exchange and other first-party products.
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide →CVE
CVE
National Vulnerability Database
NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards-based vulnerability management data, built on top of the MITRE CVE list. Every record includes CPE applicability statements, CVSS v2 and v3.x base scores, CWE mappings and cross-references to advisories.
Region
US
Updates
15 min
License
Public Domain
Comprehensive catalog of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities with CPE matches, CVSS scoring and reference URLs. De-facto standard for cross-vendor correlation.
https://nvd.nist.gov →Related vulnerabilities