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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Apr 5, 2022

CVE-2016-3309

High
EPSS 43.0%CISA KEVRansomware
Microsoft/Windows

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.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

43.0%

Higher than 97.4% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3309

Risk Assessment

HIGH
In CISA KEV
Ransomware

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
43.0%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Known
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Mar 15, 2022

Added to KEV

Mar 15, 2022

Remediation Due

Apr 5, 2022

Affected Product

Microsoft

Windows

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