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CVE-2022-30206:
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Overview
Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2022-30206) was disclosed on July 12, 2022. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems including Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, and 2022. The vulnerability is unique from similar Print Spooler vulnerabilities CVE-2022-22022, CVE-2022-22041, and CVE-2022-30226 (NIST NVD).
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, indicating local access required with low attack complexity. The CVSS v2.0 base score is 7.2 (HIGH) with vector (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (NIST NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on the affected system, potentially leading to complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NIST NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of their July 2022 Patch Tuesday updates (Krebs Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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