CVE-2016-3309
KEV · RansomwareMicrosoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
View CVE record →- Vendor / Project
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- Date added
- Mar 15, 2022
- Due date
- Apr 5, 2022
- Known ransomware use
- Known
- CWEs
- CWE-264
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.
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