SYSTEM privilege escalation through undisclosed flaw
Published Aug 15, 2022 · Updated Jan 2, 2025
Elevation of privilege in Windows Defender Credential Guard allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges on affected Windows releases. Microsoft has not published the affected function or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires prior local low-privileged access, needs no user interaction, and grants full control of the system.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Windows Defender Credential Guard allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges on affected Windows releases. Microsoft has not published the affected function or the operation that mishandles attacker-controlled input. Exploitation requires prior local low-privileged access, needs no user interaction, and grants full control of the system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-34711
- Published
- Aug 15, 2022
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 15, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19387
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