CVE-2016-0099

Microsoft Windows Secondary Logon Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft / Windows

Risk tier: Critical — known ransomware use

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.

NVD enrichment (full description, CVSS vector, CWEs) has not completed for this CVE yet — shown above is the CISA KEV short description only.

Scoring

  • CVSS: Not yet available
  • EPSS exploitation probability: Not yet available
  • EPSS percentile: Not yet available

CISA KEV status

  • Added to KEV: 2022-03-03
  • Remediation due date: 2022-03-24
  • Known ransomware campaign use: Known

All exploited vulnerabilities