CVE-2016-0099 — Microsoft Windows Secondary Logon Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Known ransomware use CISA KEV listed Added March 3, 2022 Remediate by March 24, 2022

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows if the Windows Secondary Logon Service fails to properly manage request handles in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code as an administrator.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0099

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