Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 16, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-3226
CVE-2016-3226
Description
Active Directory in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service hang) by creating many machine accounts, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."
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Affected products
7- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:*:*:*
- Range: 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2
- Range: 2008 R2 SP1, 2012, 2012 R2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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