CVE-2016-0050 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Network Policy Server (NPS) component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and 2012. Remote attackers can exploit a misparsing issue in username queries to disrupt RADIUS authentication services. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to an authentication outage. Despite its high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not currently a high-profile threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:-:gold:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:datacenter:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2012:r2:*:*:*:essentials:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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