PT-2022-5449 · Microsoft · Windows

Published 2022-10-11 · Updated 2025-01-02 · CVE-2022-38021

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 caused by synchronization errors when using a shared resource in the Connected User Experiences and Telemetry component of the Windows operating system. This could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges.

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

LPE

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-06776

CVE-2022-38021

Affected Products

Windows

References · 8

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38021 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2022-38021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38021 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-38021 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-38021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-06776 · Security Note