Microsoft Windows up to Server 2022 Azure Edition Core Hotpatch Print Spooler Privilege Escalation
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Print Spooler. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2022 as confirmed security guidance (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-22718. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/25/2024).
A public exploit has been developed by Oliver Lyak (ly4k) in C# and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at github.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 04/19/2022 with a due date of 05/10/2022:
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
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Version
- 7 SP1
- 8.1
- 10
- 10 20H2
- 10 21H1
- 10 21H2
- 10 1607
- 10 1809
- 10 1909
- 11
- RT 8.1
- Server 20H2
- Server 2008 R2 SP1
- Server 2008 SP2
- Server 2012
- Server 2012 R2
- Server 2016
- Server 2019
- Server 2022
- Server 2022 Azure Edition Core Hotpatch
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
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Exploiting
Class: Privilege EscalationCWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: Oliver Lyak (ly4k)
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Timeline
01/06/2022 🔍02/08/2022 🔍
02/08/2022 🔍
02/08/2022 🔍
02/08/2022 🔍
04/25/2024 🔍
Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-22718 (🔍)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
Entry
Created: 02/08/2022 21:18Updated: 04/25/2024 18:10
Changes: 02/08/2022 21:18 (35), 02/08/2022 21:22 (19), 02/09/2022 08:31 (5), 02/09/2022 08:32 (4), 02/12/2022 14:18 (2), 02/12/2022 14:22 (11), 04/25/2024 18:10 (28)
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Committer: misc
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