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High MSRC-CVE-2022-38022 1 CVE

Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Nov 8, 2022 · Revision 2

Vendor: Microsoft

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 would only be able to delete empty folders on a vulnerable system in the context of the SYSTEM account. They would not gain privileges to view or modify file contents or delete folders containing files.

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
10.0.10240.19507 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018425
10.0.14393.5427 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018411
6.1.7601.26174 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018454
6.1.7601.26174 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018479
6.3.9600.20625 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018474
6.3.9600.20625 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018476
6.2.9200.23920 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018457
6.2.9200.23920 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5018478

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #2

    Updated one or more CVSS scores for the affected products. This is an informational change only.

  2. #1

    Information published.

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