CVE-2016-0185 — Microsoft Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2016-0185

CVE-2016-0185: Microsoft Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Microsoft
Product	Windows
Date added	2021-11-03
Due date	2022-05-03
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

Microsoft Windows Media Center contains a remote code execution vulnerability when Windows Media Center opens a specially crafted Media Center link (.mcl) file that references malicious code.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0185

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0185
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog