CVE-2016-3213

Description

The Web Proxy Auto Discovery (WPAD) protocol implementation 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, Windows 10 Gold and 1511, and Internet Explorer 9 through 11 has an improper fallback mechanism, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via NetBIOS name responses, aka "WPAD Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036096
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036104
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-063
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-077
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036096
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036104
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-063
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-077

CWEs

CWE-264