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Remediation Deadline: Mar 24, 2022

CVE-2016-0099

High
EPSS 90.4%CISA KEVRansomware
Microsoft/Windows

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.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

90.4%

Higher than 99.6% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0099

Risk Assessment

CRITICAL
In CISA KEV
High EPSS
Ransomware

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
90.4%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Known
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Mar 3, 2022

Added to KEV

Mar 3, 2022

Remediation Due

Mar 24, 2022

Affected Product

Microsoft

Windows

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