The Windows exploit was discovered by security researcher Jonas Lykkegaard, whoshared his findings on Twitter.
The SAM is a database that stores user accounts and account descriptors.
While they havent confirmed it yet, the researchers suggest that other Linux systems could have the vulnerability.
In asecurity advisory, Microsoft confirmed the exploit affects Windows 10 version 1809 and newer systems.
Version 1809 released in October 2018, so versions of the OS released since have the bug.
The firm is currently working on releasing patches as they become available so Linux users will have to wait.
Users can find these patches on theQualys blog.
