Cybersecurity Alerts

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.

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Classification

CWE-264

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0099