Local information disclosure via unvalidated file path
Published May 10, 2022 · Updated Jan 2, 2025
Information disclosure in Microsoft Windows Print Spooler allows local users to read sensitive data through a crafted path. The service uses a user-supplied path in privileged file operations without properly validating it, exposing information in the SYSTEM context. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution on the host, and the published impact is limited to confidentiality.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Microsoft Windows Print Spooler allows local users to read sensitive data through a crafted path. The service uses a user-supplied path in privileged file operations without properly validating it, exposing information in the SYSTEM context. Exploitation requires low-privileged code execution on the host, and the published impact is limited to confidentiality.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-29140
- Published
- May 10, 2022
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 10, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.2928
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