CVE-2016-0185 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 3, 2021.

The EPSS score is 0.82752.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows Vista

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:-:sp2::::::

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90023
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035832
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-277
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-059
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39805/

History

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2016-05-11T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:46:37.956Z

Reserved: 2015-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0185

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:08:13.406Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-05-11T01:59:26.097

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-0185

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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