PT-2022-1499 · Microsoft · Windows User Profile Service+1

Abdelhamid Naceri · Published 2022-01-11 · Updated 2024-11-14 · CVE-2022-21895

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to insecure privilege management in the Windows User Profile Service, which can be exploited to elevate privileges. This allows an attacker to affect the system. No information is provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices or real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

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

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-00688

CVE-2022-21895

ZDI-22-050

Affected Products

Windows

Windows User Profile Service

References · 11

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21895 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21895 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21895 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-050 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21895 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-21895 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00688 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/35282 · Telegram Post
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21895 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/25675 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/35279 · Telegram Post