Local privilege escalation via Storage Spaces Direct
Published Aug 9, 2022 · Updated May 29, 2025
Storage Spaces Direct elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows releases allows local users to gain SYSTEM-level privileges via a flaw in Storage Spaces Direct privilege management. Microsoft has not publicly disclosed the vulnerable function or the exact malformed operation; the published record identifies only the component and impact. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and no user interaction, with resulting confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the host.
Summary
What happened
Storage Spaces Direct elevation of privilege in Microsoft Windows releases allows local users to gain SYSTEM-level privileges via a flaw in Storage Spaces Direct privilege management. Microsoft has not publicly disclosed the vulnerable function or the exact malformed operation; the published record identifies only the component and impact. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and no user interaction, with resulting confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-35763
- 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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