Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft products - CVE-2022-44689
Published: December 13, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70186
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-2022-44689
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 Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
How to mitigate CVE-2022-44689
Install updates from vendor's website.