Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sysinternals Sysmon - CVE-2022-41120
Published: November 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69145
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41120
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 Microsoft Windows Sysmon, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Sysinternals Sysmon
How to mitigate CVE-2022-41120
Install updates from vendor's website.