Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (3178465)
🗓️ 10 Aug 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerberos in Microsoft Windows - Security Feature Bypass (MS16-101) | 22 Sep 201600:00 | – | zdt | |
| The vulnerability of the Windows operating system, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges | 23 Aug 201600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| The vulnerability of the Windows operating system, which allows a perpetrator to bypass the authentication process | 23 Aug 201600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2016-3237 | 22 Sep 201600:00 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2016-3300 | 29 Jul 202612:01 | – | circl | |
| Microsoft Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | 10 Aug 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Microsoft Netlogon elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2016-06260) | 10 Aug 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-3237 | 9 Aug 201621:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-3300 | 9 Aug 201621:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-3237 | 9 Aug 201621:00 | – | cvelist |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| support | www.support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3177108 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/92296 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/92290 |
| support | www.support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3167679 |
| technet | www.technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-101 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808291");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3237", "CVE-2016-3300");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-05-15 14:55:00 +0000 (Wed, 15 May 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-08-10 08:32:49 +0530 (Wed, 10 Aug 2016)");
script_name("Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities (3178465)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS16-101.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to:
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows Netlogon
improperly establishes a secure communications channel to a domain controller.
- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when Kerberos
improperly handles a password change request and falls back to
NT LAN Manager (NTLM) Authentication Protocol as the default authentication
protocol.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
to bypass certain security restrictions and perform unauthorized actions by
conducting a man-in-the-middle attack. This may lead to other attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Windows 10 x32/x64
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 x32/x64
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012/2012R2
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1511 x32/x64
- Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607 x32/x64
- Microsoft Windows Vista x32/x64 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x32/x64 Service Pack 2
- Microsoft Windows 7 x32/x64 Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Service Pack 1");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3167679");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92290");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92296");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3177108");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-101");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
if(hotfix_check_sp(winVista:3, winVistax64:3, win7:2, win7x64:2, win2008:3, win2008x64:3,
win2008r2:2, win2012:1, win2012R2:1, win8_1:1, win8_1x64:1, win10:1,
win10x64:1) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
sysPath = smb_get_systemroot();
if(!sysPath ){
exit(0);
}
dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:sysPath, file_name:"System32\Lsasrv.dll");
if(!dllVer){
exit(0);
}
if(hotfix_check_sp(win7:2, win7x64:2, win2008r2:2) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"6.1.7601.23497"))
{
Vulnerable_range = "Less than 6.1.7601.23497";
VULN = TRUE ;
}
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(winVista:3, winVistax64:3, win2008:3, win2008x64:3) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"6.0.6002.19668"))
{
Vulnerable_range = "Less than 6.0.6002.19668";
VULN = TRUE ;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"6.0.6002.23000", test_version2:"6.0.6002.23983"))
{
Vulnerable_range = "6.0.6002.23000 - 6.0.6002.23983";
VULN = TRUE ;
}
}
## https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3177108
else if(hotfix_check_sp(win2012:1) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"6.2.9200.21941"))
{
Vulnerable_range = "Less than 6.2.9200.21941";
VULN = TRUE ;
}
}
## Win 8.1 and win2012R2
else if(hotfix_check_sp(win8_1:1, win8_1x64:1, win2012R2:1) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"6.3.9600.18405"))
{
Vulnerable_range = "Less than 6.3.9600.18405";
VULN = TRUE ;
}
}
else if(hotfix_check_sp(win10:1, win10x64:1) > 0)
{
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"10.0.10240.17071"))
{
Vulnerable_range = "Less than 10.0.10240.17071";
VULN = TRUE ;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"10.0.10586.0", test_version2:"10.0.10586.544"))
{
Vulnerable_range = "10.0.10586.0 - 10.0.10586.544";
VULN = TRUE ;
}
}
if(VULN)
{
report = 'File checked: ' + sysPath + "\System32\Lsasrv.dll" + '\n' +
'File version: ' + dllVer + '\n' +
'Vulnerable range: ' + Vulnerable_range + '\n' ;
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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