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CVE-2022-24547:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-24547 is a Windows Digital Media Receiver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability that was discovered and disclosed in early 2022. The vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 (Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v2 score of 5.0 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating a medium severity level. The attack vector is local (AV:L), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring no authentication (Au:N), and potentially impacting partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Rapid7).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The successful exploitation could lead to partial compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected systems. The fixes are available through various KB updates including KB5012653, KB5012596, KB5012647, KB5012591, KB5012599, KB5012592, KB5012666, KB5012639, and KB5012604 (Rapid7).
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