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Microsoft Windows Lock Screen Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (MS16-112) (Cat II impact)

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Microsoft has released a security bulletin addressing a elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker with physical access to a user’s computer could either connect to a maliciously configured WiFi hotspot or insert a mobile broadband adaptor in the user’s computer. If successfully exploited, the attacker would execute arbitrary code on a user's locked computer.

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Vulnerability ID: V-71621

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