Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sysinternals Sysmon - CVE-2022-41120

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sysinternals Sysmon - CVE-2022-41120

Published: November 9, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU69145
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41120
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Sysinternals Sysmon

Detailed vulnerability description

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 Microsoft Windows Sysmon, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-41120

Install updates from vendor's website.

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