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Microsoft Windows SAM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Name: Microsoft Windows SAM Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Start: 2022-02-10
Location: Global (internet)

When: 2022-02-10 00:00 UTC · day precision
Where: Global (internet)
Category: cyber_exploit

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.

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CISA ↗ · first seen 2022-02-10 00:00 UTC

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