PT-2022-2841 · Microsoft · Windows

Marcin Wiazowski + 1 · Published 2022-04-12 · Updated 2023-06-29 · CVE-2022-24542

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Win32k component of Windows operating systems. It can be exploited by an attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application. The vulnerability is associated with use-after-free local privilege escalation in various components of the Windows win32kfull, including UMPDDrvLineTo, UMPDDrvFontManagement, UMPDDrvStartBanding, UMPDDrvStrokeAndFillPath, UMPDDrvNextBand, UMPDDrvEscape, UMPDDrvFillPath, and UMPDDrvQueryPerBandInfo.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-03393

CVE-2022-24542

ZDI-22-1022

ZDI-22-1023

ZDI-22-1024

ZDI-22-1045

ZDI-22-727

ZDI-23-459

ZDI-23-460

ZDI-23-461

ZDI-23-462

Affected Products

Windows

References · 17

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-462 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1024 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-03393 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24542 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24542 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-461 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-727 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-459 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24542 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-24542 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1023 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-460 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-24542 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1045 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1022 · Security Note