CVE-2016-0099 is a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the Secondary Logon Service in numerous Microsoft Windows versions, including Vista, Server 2008/R2, Windows 7, 8.1, 10, and Server 2012/R2. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by crafting a malicious application that improperly processes request handles. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has multiple public exploit modules available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating widespread knowledge and use by attackers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1511:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.