CVE-2016-0037 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The forms-based authentication implementation in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 3.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via crafted data, aka "Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Published: 2016-02-10

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 43.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2::::datacenter:::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2::::essentials:::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2::::standard:::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.43763.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82507
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034984
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-020

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2016-02-10T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:08:12.789Z

Reserved: 2015-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0037

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-10T11:59:03.453

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-0037

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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