CVE-2016-3226

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Active Directory in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service hang) by creating many machine accounts, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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CVE-2016-3226: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix