CVE-2016-3213

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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, Windows 10 Gold and 1511, and Internet Explorer 9 through 11 has an improper fallback mechanism, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via NetBIOS name responses, aka "WPAD Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Jun 16, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-3213: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix