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CVE-2021-36934

  • KEV

Microsoft Windows SAM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Details

CISA date
2022-02-10
Affected versions
Windows
Summary
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.
Remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Exploit info
No exploit-tagged NVD references in our cache; see the CISA KEV link below.

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