CVE-2016-0128

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Published 2016-04-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2
5.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The SAM and LSAD protocol implementations 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 and 1511 do not properly establish an RPC channel, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to perform protocol-downgrade attacks and impersonate users by modifying the client-server data stream, aka "Windows SAM and LSAD Downgrade Vulnerability" or "BADLOCK."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
77%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@microsoft.com — https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2118.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-047

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
windows windows-affected
windows windows1511affected
windows windowsaffected
windows windowsr2affected

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.