01 Record
CVE-2016-0050
Network Policy Server (NPS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 misparses username queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RADIUS
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Network Policy Server (NPS) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1 and Server 2012 Gold and R2 misparses username queries, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (RADIUS
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 17.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-02-10 11:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 22:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-04
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2f86ca3e4ef05d7c08bfcb9cd71ad3565cd75497e184d70270ed2a3303e670bc
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1034986http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034986
- docs.microsoft.comMS16-021https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-021