Local privilege escalation through undisclosed AppX flaw
Published Apr 15, 2022 · Updated Dec 16, 2025
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows AppX Package Manager allows local users with low privileges to gain elevated rights. Microsoft has not published the vulnerable function, input path, or incorrect operation in the AppX package-management flow. A local account is required, no user interaction is needed, and successful exploitation grants high-impact access to system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows AppX Package Manager allows local users with low privileges to gain elevated rights. Microsoft has not published the vulnerable function, input path, or incorrect operation in the AppX package-management flow. A local account is required, no user interaction is needed, and successful exploitation grants high-impact access to system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24549
- Published
- Apr 15, 2022
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 15, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19265
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