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CVE-2016-3226

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 10.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036108
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-081
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036108
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-081

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