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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: Feb 24, 2022

CVE-2021-36934

High
EPSS 89.9%CISA KEV
Microsoft/Windows

Description

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.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

89.9%

Higher than 99.6% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36934

Risk Assessment

HIGH
In CISA KEV
High EPSS

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
89.9%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Feb 10, 2022

Added to KEV

Feb 10, 2022

Remediation Due

Feb 24, 2022

Affected Product

Microsoft

Windows

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