Vulnerability CVE-2016-3237
Published: 2016-08-09

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."

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows 10 
Microsoft -> Windows 7 
Microsoft -> Windows 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2008 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2012 
Microsoft -> Windows vista 
Microsoft -> Windows rt 
Microsoft -> Windows rt 8.1 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92290
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036576
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-101
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40409/
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