CVE-2016-3309

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability — Microsoft / Windows

Risk tier: Critical — known ransomware use

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.

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: 2022-03-15
  • Remediation due date: 2022-04-05
  • Known ransomware campaign use: Known

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