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Microsoft Windows Kernel Virtual DOS Machine Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Kernel Virtual DOS Machine is reported prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

The Microsoft Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) is a protected environment that emulates MS-DOS on Windows NT-based operating systems. This issue is caused by an access-validation error. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on a vulnerable computer.







 

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