CVE-2016-0128
MEDIUMMicrosoft Windows - Man-in-the-Middle Protocol Downgrade via SAM and LSAD RPC Channel
Title source: llmDescription
The SAM and LSAD protocol implementations 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 do not properly establish an RPC channel, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to perform protocol-downgrade attacks and impersonate users by modifying the client-server data stream, aka "Windows SAM and LSAD Downgrade Vulnerability" or "BADLOCK."
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://badlock.org/
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-047
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813296
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2016-2118.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa122
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035534
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.2088
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-254
Status
published
Products (10)
microsoft/windows_10
microsoft/windows_10
1511
microsoft/windows_7
microsoft/windows_8.1
microsoft/windows_rt_8.1
microsoft/windows_server_2008
microsoft/windows_server_2008
r2 sp1
microsoft/windows_server_2012
microsoft/windows_server_2012
r2
microsoft/windows_vista
Published
Apr 12, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026