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.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows
- Added to KEV
- Feb 10, 2022
- Remediation due
- Feb 24, 2022 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-1220
- EPSS
- 67.3% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References