CVE-2021-36934: Microsoft Windows SAM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
· high severity · unattributed attribution
Evidence and provenance
- Original source
- CISA KEV report ↗
- Published
- 2022-02-10T00:00:00Z
- Confidence basis
- No actor match
- Record ID
27c928b9fc0cc97c67e3
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2021-36934
Use and citation
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