CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-3237

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Kerberos in Microsoft Windows allows man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass authentication during a domain account password change, related to a fallback to NTLM authentication.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access to resources, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update systems to the latest versions and to monitor and restrict access to critical resources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS