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CVE-2022-38039:
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Overview
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2022-38039) is a security flaw that affects various versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems. This vulnerability is unique from several other related CVEs including CVE-2022-37988, CVE-2022-37990, CVE-2022-37991, CVE-2022-37995, CVE-2022-38022, CVE-2022-38037, and CVE-2022-38038. The vulnerability was initially recorded on August 8, 2022 (CVE MITRE).
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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This 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 NIST).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected Windows systems, potentially leading to complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD NIST).
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