CVE-2016-3309 — Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2016-3309: Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | Microsoft |
| Product | Windows |
| Date added | 2022-03-15 |
| Due date | 2022-04-05 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Known |
Description
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.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3309
Weakness behind it
CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-264. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3309
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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