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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-3225

Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jun 1, 2018 · catalog updated Jun 1, 2018 · Microsoft Windows

Patch now

CVE-2016-3225 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
43.49%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Microsoft Windows

The SMB server component 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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that forwards an authentication request to an unintended service, aka "Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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  • vendor Microsoft Windowsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-3225

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-3225 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 43.49%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 1, 2018 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The SMB server component 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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that forwards an authentication request to an unintended service, aka "Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

  2. Jun 1, 2018 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-3225

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-3225

    30-day exploitation probability 43.5%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-3225

    The SMB server component 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, and Windows 10 Gold and 1511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that forwards an

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.