CVE-2016-3223

highpriority · attend · 49EPSS 0.211 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

21.1% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

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."

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.7–9.3

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.08.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.2 · impact 5.9

v2.09.3criticalAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.07.7highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-264US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-40219Microsoft Windows 7 (x86/x64) - Group Policy Privilege Escalation (MS16-072)functional · exploit_db
HORKimhab/CVE-2016-3223CVE-2016-3223 - Draft or TODOPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Windows 10 1511all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 10 RTMall versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 7 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 8.1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows RT 8.1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2012 Goldall versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2012 R2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Vista Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
microsoft windows 10all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 10= 1511nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 7all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows 8.1all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows rt 8.1all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2008= r2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2012all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2012= r2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-06-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (11)

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