PT-2022-5247 · Microsoft · Windows

Marcin Wiazowski · Published 2022-10-11 · Updated 2025-01-02 · CVE-2022-37986

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, which can be exploited to elevate privileges. An elevation-of-privilege issue allows attackers to affect the system.

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:2022-06525

CVE-2022-37986

ZDI-22-1409

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-37986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37986 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-06525 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37986 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-37986 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1409 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-37986 · Vendor Advisory