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FKIE_CVE-2016-0185

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-05-11 01:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:37

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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."

References

URL	Tags
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90023	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035832	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.com	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-277	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.com	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-059	Patch, Vendor Advisory
secure@microsoft.com	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39805/	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90023	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035832	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-277	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-059	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39805/	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-0185	US Government Resource

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
microsoft	windows_7	-
microsoft	windows_8.1	-
microsoft	windows_vista	-

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CVE-2016-0185 (GCVE-0-2016-0185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-11 01:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: active Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-10 17:54 UTC

CWE

Assigner

microsoft mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90023	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39805/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035832	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-277	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit…	government-resource

Date Public

2016-05-10 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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