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CVE-2016-3309

Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published
2022-03-15
Modified
2026-07-31
Sources
cisa-kev

Summary

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.

References

Includes data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

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