CVE-2016-3309 — Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Known ransomware use CISA KEV listed Added March 15, 2022 Remediate by April 5, 2022

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3309

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