Local SYSTEM privilege escalation
Published Aug 9, 2022 · Updated May 29, 2025
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct allows local users with low privileges to gain SYSTEM access on affected Windows builds. Microsoft has not published the faulty code locus or the operation it performs incorrectly within Storage Spaces Direct. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access, and the documented consequence is complete control of the affected Windows system.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct allows local users with low privileges to gain SYSTEM access on affected Windows builds. Microsoft has not published the faulty code locus or the operation it performs incorrectly within Storage Spaces Direct. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access, and the documented consequence is complete control of the affected Windows system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-35762
- Published
- Aug 9, 2022
- Updated
- May 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.3287
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