Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft products - CVE-2022-44681

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Microsoft products - CVE-2022-44681

Published: December 13, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70189
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-2022-44681
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Windows
Windows Server
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service (on-premises)

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 the Windows Print Spooler, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-44681

Install updates from vendor's website.

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