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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-21866
CVE-2022-21866:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Windows System Launcher Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-21866 affects various versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. The vulnerability was disclosed and published on January 11, 2022 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.0 HIGH with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access and high attack complexity, with low privileges required and no user interaction needed (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system, potentially leading to full system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the appropriate security updates through Windows Update or Microsoft's update catalog (Microsoft Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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