CVE-2022-38042HighCVSS 7.1

Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published
October 11, 2022
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-38042 →

📋 Description

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 gather information specific to the environment of the targeted component.

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

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to first elevate the privileges of a compromised machine.

According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? The attacker must have permissions to access the target domain environment to be able to exploit this vulnerability.

🎯 Affected products40

  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 1809 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 20H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 20H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H1 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H1 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H1 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
  • Windows 10 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for ARM64-based Systems
  • Windows 11 version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
  • Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems
  • Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems
  • Windows RT 8.1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
  • +10 more not shown

✅ Remediation

KB5018419 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.17763.3532 KB5018410 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19043.2130 KB5018421 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.20348.1129 KB5018410 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19042.2130 KB5018418 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22000.1098 KB5018410 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.19044.2130 KB5018427 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.22621.674 KB5018425 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.10240.19507 KB5018411 (Security Update) — fixed build 10.0.14393.5427 KB5018454 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26174 KB5018479 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.1.7601.26174 KB5018474 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.3.9600.20625 KB5018476 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.3.9600.20625 KB5018450 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.0.6003.21721 KB5018446 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.0.6003.21721 KB5018457 (Monthly Rollup) — fixed build 6.2.9200.23920 KB5018478 (Security Only) — fixed build 6.2.9200.23920

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