What is CVE-2022-38014?

CVE-2022-38014 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with High severity. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2022-38014 cover?

CVE-2022-38014 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2022-38014. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2022-38014?

CVE-2022-38014 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2022-38014?

CVE-2022-38014 affects 2 products, including: Azure EFLOW; Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2).

CVE-2022-38014HighCVSS 7.0

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

November 8, 2022

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

🎯 Affected products2

Azure EFLOW
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)

✅ Remediation

KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 5.15.62.1 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 1.4.2.12122 LTS

🔗 References (4)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38014
patchhttps://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel
referencehttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/kernel-release-notes
patchhttps://github.com/Azure/iotedge-eflow/releases