{"id":"CVE-2016-0037","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-0037","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T05:40:57.770Z","title":"The forms-based authentication implementation in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 3.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via crafted data, aka \"Microsoft Active Directory…","description":"The forms-based authentication implementation in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 3.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via crafted data, aka \"Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability.\"","published":"2016-02-10T11:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:36:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["microsoft/windows server 2012"],"epss":{"score":0.25661,"percentile":0.9797,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.23615,"percentile":0.97745},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.25661,"percentile":0.97866}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82507","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034984","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-020","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82507","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034984","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-020","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0037","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}