CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0037

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The forms-based authentication implementation in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 3.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted data.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to service downtime of ADFS, affecting the availability of applications relying on this service within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to patch this vulnerability and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The forms-based authentication implementation in Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 3.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via crafted data, aka "Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services Denial of Service Vulnerability."

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS