Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Sysinternals Sysmon - CVE-2022-44704
Published: December 13, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70165
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-2022-44704
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 the Microsoft Windows Sysmon, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Sysinternals Sysmon
How to mitigate CVE-2022-44704
Install updates from vendor's website.