High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-3223
CVE-2016-3223
Description
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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 mishandle LDAP authentication, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to gain privileges by modifying group-policy update data within a domain-controller data stream, aka "Group Policy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1511:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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