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CVE-2022-21996

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Feb 09, 2022 | Modified: Feb 14, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21996
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability.

Weakness

The software does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_11 Microsoft - -
Windows_11 Microsoft - -

Potential Mitigations

References

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