CVE-2016-3213
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."
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v3 Score
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2 Score
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
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
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Same Weakness Type(CWE-264)
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