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CVE-2022-21996:
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Overview
Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2022-21996) was disclosed in February 2022 as part of Microsoft's regular Patch Tuesday updates. This vulnerability affects Windows operating systems and is related to the Win32k component (Krebs Security, Immersive Labs).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Under CVSS v2.0, it received a base score of 7.2 with the vector (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. As an elevation of privilege vulnerability, it forms a key part of the attack chain where attackers seek to gain administrator-level access to move across the network, compromise other devices, and potentially disable security tools (Immersive Labs).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of their February 2022 Patch Tuesday. Organizations are advised to apply the security updates through their standard patch management procedures (Talos Intelligence).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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