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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-0050

Network Policy Server (NPS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 misparses username queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RADIUS authentication outage) via crafted requests, aka…

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 17.9%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Network Policy Server (NPS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 misparses username queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RADIUS authentication outage) via crafted requests, aka "Network Policy Server RADIUS Implementation Denial of Service Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS
17.88% probability · 97th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012
Source
secure@microsoft.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.