CISA 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.
CVE-2016-3309 Ransomware
Microsoft · Windows
Microsoft Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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