CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-3300

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Netlogon service in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT 8.1 improperly establishes secure communications channels, allowing local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a domain-joined machine.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized privilege escalation by local users, posing a significant security threat to organizational systems.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update systems to the latest versions that include security patches to minimize the risk associated with this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The Netlogon service in Microsoft Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT 8.1 improperly establishes secure communications channels, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to a domain-joined machine, aka "Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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