PT-2022-1498 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2022-01-11 · Updated 2024-11-14 · CVE-2022-21860

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Windows AppContracts API Server component, which can be exploited to elevate privileges. This allows an attacker to affect the system. No information is available on the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-00687

CVE-2022-21860

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21860 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21860 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-21860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00687 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21860 · Note