Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2022-26923
Published: May 10, 2022 / Updated: January 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62952
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-26923
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in Active Directory Domain Services, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Solutions Enabler
Unisphere 360
Unisphere for PowerMax
Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance
eVASA Provider Virtual Appliance
VASA Provider Standalone
Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance
Windows Server
Solutions Enabler
Unisphere 360
Unisphere for PowerMax
Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance
eVASA Provider Virtual Appliance
VASA Provider Standalone
Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance
How to mitigate CVE-2022-26923
Install updates from vendor's website.
Solutions Enabler - update to 9.2.3.5
Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance - update to 9.2.3.5
Unisphere 360 - update to 9.2.3.8
Unisphere for PowerMax - update to 9.2.3.20
Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance - update to 9.2.3.20
eVASA Provider Virtual Appliance - update to 9.2.4.11
VASA Provider Standalone - update to 9.2.4.21
Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance - update to 9.2.3.5
Unisphere 360 - update to 9.2.3.8
Unisphere for PowerMax - update to 9.2.3.20
Unisphere for PowerMax Virtual Appliance - update to 9.2.3.20
eVASA Provider Virtual Appliance - update to 9.2.4.11
VASA Provider Standalone - update to 9.2.4.21
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #8774 - Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) privilege escalation (Certifried) (January 27, 2023)
- Exploit #8263 - CVE-2022-26923-Powershell-POC (A powershell poc to load and automatically run Certify and Rubeus from memory.) (August 18, 2022)
- Exploit #7839 - CVE-2022-26923_AD-Certificate-Services (The vulnerability allowed a low-privileged user to escalate privileges to domain administrator in a default Active Directory environment with the Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) server role installed.) (May 16, 2022)
- Exploit #7834 - CVE-2022-26923_AD_Certate_services (In essence, the vulnerability allowed a low-privileged user to escalate privileges to domain administrator in a default Active Directory environment with the Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) server role ins (May 16, 2022)