Detections
Analytics
CVE-2016-3213
high
Description
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."
References
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-077
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-063