Local privilege escalation via undisclosed Kerberos flaw
Published May 31, 2023 · Updated Jan 2, 2025
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows Kerberos allows local users to gain elevated privileges after user interaction. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected Kerberos code path or the operation it performs incorrectly. Exploitation requires local access plus interaction by another user and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability at elevated privilege.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows Kerberos allows local users to gain elevated privileges after user interaction. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected Kerberos code path or the operation it performs incorrectly. Exploitation requires local access plus interaction by another user and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability at elevated privilege.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-35756
- Published
- May 31, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 31, 2023CVE 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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