Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows - CVE-2022-21887

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows - CVE-2022-21887

Published: January 11, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU59412
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-21887
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Win32k, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Microsoft Windows

How to mitigate CVE-2022-21887

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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