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CVE-2022-41095:
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Overview
The Windows Digital Media Receiver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2022-41095) was discovered and disclosed in November 2022. This security flaw affects multiple versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 10, Windows 11, and various Windows Server editions (Rapid7).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS severity score of 7.0, indicating a high-severity issue. 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 completely (C:C/I:C/A:C) (Rapid7).
Impact
This elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Digital Media Receiver could allow an attacker to gain elevated system privileges, potentially leading to complete system compromise (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 patches including KB5019970 (Windows 10 1507), KB5019964 (Windows 10 1607), KB5019966 (Windows 10 1809), KB5019959 (Windows 10 20H2, 21H1, 21H2, 22H2), KB5019961 (Windows 11 21H2), and KB5019980 (Windows 11 22H2) (Rapid7).
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