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CVE-2016-3213

8.8
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
78.31%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)

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."

Published: 6/16/2016
Modified: 5/6/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

9.3

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

78.31%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 78.31% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

Related Vulnerabilities

Same Weakness Type(CWE-264)

Similar SeverityHIGH