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CVE-2016-0099

Microsoft Windows Secondary Logon Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IN CISA KEV

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.

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows
CVSS
No score recorded (no NVD record loaded for this entry)
Published
Not recorded
NVD modified
Not recorded

CISA KEV

Date added
2022-03-03
Due date
2022-03-24
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS

37.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (percentile 98th)

FIRST EPSS, updated 17 Oct 2026. About EPSS

CVSS is severity, EPSS is likelihood, KEV means already exploited. EPSS is a statistical probability, not a certainty: a low score does not make a bug safe, and a high one does not prove it is being exploited.

Data last updated 18 Oct 2026. Sources: NVD API 2.0, CISA KEV catalog, FIRST EPSS. Links: NVD, CISA KEV. Metadata only. ThreatWire does not host exploit code.