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CVE-2022-37994:
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Overview
The Windows Group Policy Preference Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2022-37994) was identified and disclosed in October 2022. This vulnerability affects various versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10 and Windows 11. The vulnerability was assigned by Microsoft Corporation on August 8, 2022, and has been tracked separately from related vulnerabilities CVE-2022-37993 and CVE-2022-37999 (NVD, CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assessed with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.8 (HIGH), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This scoring indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction, while potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability at high levels (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to achieve elevation of privilege on affected systems. Given the CVSS scoring, successful exploitation could result in high impacts on system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Additional resources
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