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CVE-2017-0164

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.4 · Improper input validation
4.4CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists in Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016 Active Directory when an authenticated attacker sends malicious search queries, aka "Active Directory Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredHigh
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0164 ↗