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High MSRC-CVE-2022-38016 1 CVE

Windows Local Security Authority (LSA) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Oct 11, 2022

Summary

Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability?
An attacker could use this vulnerability to elevate privileges from a Low Integrity Level in a contained ("sandboxed") execution environment to a Medium Integrity Level or a High Integrity Level.
Please refer to AppContainer isolation and Mandatory Integrity Control for more information.

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted API call to the Local Security Authority AuthBroker. The attacker could use the vulnerability for a container "sandbox" escape to elevate privileges.

According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability?
This vulnerability could lead to a contained execution environment escape. Please refer to AppContainer Isolation for more information.

Security updates
10.0.17763.3532 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018419
10.0.19043.2130 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018410
10.0.20348.1129 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018421
10.0.22000.1098 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018418
10.0.22621.674 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018427

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