PT-2022-1516 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2022-01-11 · Updated 2024-11-14 · CVE-2022-21862

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 Application Model Core API, which can be exploited to elevate privileges. This could allow 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:2022-00705

CVE-2022-21862

Affected Products

Windows

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21862 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-21862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-00705 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21862 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21862 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-21862 · Note