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CVE-2016-0049 json

Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, a…

published 2016-02-10 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-0087

cvss
6.2
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.1%
EPSS 13.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Kerberos in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 does not properly validate password changes, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by deploying a crafted Key Distribution Center (KDC) and then performing a sign-in action, aka "Windows Kerberos Security Feature Bypass."

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-39442)

Exploit prediction

13.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-39442 Microsoft Windows - Kerberos Security Feature Bypass (MS16-014) local, 2016-02-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.2 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.