CVE-2016-3300

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

09/08/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

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."

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:::::::*

CVE-2016-3300

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools