MS16-081: Security Update for Active Directory (3160352)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91608

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability in Active Directory. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via the creation of multiple machine accounts, to cause the Active Directory service to stop responding.

Note that an attacker must have access to an account that has privileges to join machines to the domain in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2016/ms16-081

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91608

File Name: smb_nt_ms16-081.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/14/2016

Updated: 11/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3226

BID: 91118

IAVB: 2016-B-0101

MSFT: MS16-081

MSKB: 3160352