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Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows kernel contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2020-17087

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Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows MSHTML Platform contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2021-33742

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Microsoft Windows Media Center Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Media Center contains a remote code execution vulnerability when Windows Media Center opens a specially crafted Media Center link (.mcl) file that references malicious code. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2016-0185

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Microsoft Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2021-33739

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Microsoft Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Kernel contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for information disclosure. Successful exploitation allows attackers to read the contents of kernel memory from a user-mode process. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2021-31955

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Microsoft Windows Group Policy Preferences Password Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Active Directory contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it distributes passwords that are configured using Group Policy preferences. An authenticated attacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability could decrypt the passwords and use them to elevate privileges on the domain. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2014-1812

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Microsoft Windows Win32k Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Unspecified vulnerability allows for an authenticated user to escalate privileges. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2021-40449

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Microsoft Windows AppX Installer Spoofing Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows AppX Installer contains a spoofing vulnerability which has a high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2021-43890

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Microsoft Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows BITS is vulnerable to to a privilege elevation vulnerability if it improperly handles symbolic links. An actor can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with system-level privileges. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2020-0787

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Microsoft Windows Shell (.lnk) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Windows Shell in multiple versions of Microsoft Windows allows local users or remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .LNK file CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2017-8464

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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. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2021-36934

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Microsoft Windows VBScript Engine Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution" CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Structured advisory · Revision 1Original source
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Source reference: kev:CVE-2018-8174

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Microsoft Windows Code Injection Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2014-6352

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Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

smss.exe debugging subsystem in Microsoft Windows does not properly authenticate programs that connect to other programs, which allows local users to gain administrator or SYSTEM privileges. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2002-0367

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Microsoft Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

A privilege elevation vulnerability exists in the POSIX subsystem. This vulnerability could allow a logged on user to take complete control of the system. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2004-0210

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Microsoft Windows Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

The kernel in Microsoft Windows does not properly validate changes to unspecified kernel objects, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2009-1123

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Microsoft Windows Kernel Exception Handler Vulnerability

The kernel in Microsoft Windows, when access to 16-bit applications is enabled on a 32-bit x86 platform, does not properly validate certain BIOS calls, which allows local users to gain privileges. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2010-0232

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Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows NDProxy.sys in the kernel contains an improper input validation vulnerability which can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2013-5065

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Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists in Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a file that contains a specially crafted OLE object. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Structured advisory · Revision 1Original source
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Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2014-4114

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Microsoft Windows Secondary Logon Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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. CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Structured advisory · Revision 1Original source
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Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

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Source reference: kev:CVE-2016-0099

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