CVE-2021-36934 — Microsoft Windows SAM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Description

If a Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) shadow copy of the system drive is available, users can read the SAM file which would allow any user to escalate privileges to SYSTEM level.

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