Microsoft Windows SAM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
High CVSS 7.8 Listed in CISA KEV
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.
In-depth triage · Auto channel
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
- Microsoft:Windows
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Sources
- CISA KEV DATABASE
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36934 advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog kev
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36934
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164006/HiveNightmare-AKA-SeriousSAM.html Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-36934 Patch
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/506989 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-36934 US Government Resource
Timeline
- kev_added CISA KEV
- kev_ingest CISA KEV
- nvd_ingest NVD