CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Directory

Explore every threat in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, enhanced with plain-English executive analysis, AWS relevance, and technical remediation guidance.

Showing 141–150 of 175 records

CVE Vendor Product Added Due Status
CVE-2016-0099 — Microsoft Windows Secondary Logon Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
Microsoft Windows Mar 3, 2022 Mar 24, 2022 Ransomware
CVE-2021-41379 — Microsoft Windows Installer Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Installer contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.
Microsoft Windows Mar 3, 2022 Mar 17, 2022 Ransomware
CVE-2014-6352 — Microsoft Windows Code Injection Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object.
Microsoft Windows Feb 25, 2022 Aug 25, 2022
CVE-2018-8174 — Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution"
Microsoft Windows Feb 15, 2022 Aug 15, 2022 Ransomware
CVE-2017-8464 — Microsoft Windows Shell (.lnk) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows Shell in multiple versions of Microsoft Windows allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .LNK file
Microsoft Windows Feb 10, 2022 Aug 10, 2022
CVE-2021-36934 — Microsoft Windows SAM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
Microsoft Windows Feb 10, 2022 Feb 24, 2022
CVE-2020-0787 — Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges.
Microsoft Windows Jan 28, 2022 Jul 28, 2022 Ransomware
CVE-2021-43890 — Microsoft Windows AppX Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows AppX Installer contains a spoofing vulnerability which has a high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Microsoft Windows Dec 15, 2021 Dec 29, 2021 Ransomware
CVE-2021-40449 — Microsoft Windows Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Unspecified vulnerability allows for an authenticated user to escalate privileges.
Microsoft Windows Nov 17, 2021 Dec 1, 2021 Ransomware
CVE-2014-1812 — Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Active Directory contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it distributes passwords that are configured using Group Policy preferences. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability could decrypt the passwords and use them to elevate privileges on the domain.
Microsoft Windows Nov 3, 2021 May 3, 2022 Ransomware