Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2022-38042

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2022-38042

Published: October 12, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU68211
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38042
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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 the Active Directory Domain Services, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server

How to mitigate CVE-2022-38042

Install updates from vendor's website.


External References

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