From therecord.media
A security researcher has discovered a major vulnerability in the Windows 10 operating system that can allow threat actors to gain access to elevated privileges and user accounts passwords.
Discovered by Jonas Lyk over the weekend, the vulnerability resides in how Windows 10 grants access to some OS configuration files.
In particular, the vulnerability, nicknamedĀ SeriousSAM, refers to how Windows 10 controls who can access folders like SAM, SECURITY, and SYSTEM.