CVE-2022-35756
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2022-35756) was discovered and reported in July 2022. This vulnerability affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2008 through 2022, and Windows 8.1 (CVE Details, NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access and user interaction, but no privileges, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected systems, potentially leading to complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Rapid7).

Mitigation and workarounds

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability across affected Windows versions. Users are advised to apply the appropriate security patches through Windows Update or manual installation of the relevant KB updates (Microsoft Advisory).

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