microsoft windows-8-1 CVE-2016-0185 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on May 11, 2016

Media Center in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, and Windows 8.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (aka .mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Media Center allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Media Center link (aka .mcl) file, aka "Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.".

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2016-0185 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2016-0185

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Microsoft Windows 8.1
 
Microsoft Windows 7
 
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Exploit Probability

EPSS
82.75%
Percentile
99.22%

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