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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-34719
CVE-2022-34719:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Windows Distributed File System (DFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, identified as CVE-2022-34719, was discovered and disclosed on June 27, 2022. This vulnerability affects various versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server editions (Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS severity score of 7.0, indicating a high severity level. The attack vector is local (AV:L), with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring single authentication (Au:S), and potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) (Rapid7).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges in the Windows Distributed File System environment (MITRE CVE).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across multiple Windows versions. The fixes are available through various KB updates including KB5017327 for Windows 10 1507, KB5017305 for Windows 10 1607, KB5017315 for Windows 10 1809, KB5017308 for Windows 10 20H2/21H1/21H2, KB5017328 for Windows 11 21H2, and several other patches for Windows Server editions (Rapid7).
Additional resources
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