Local privilege escalation to SYSTEM
Published Aug 9, 2022 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Elevation of privilege in Windows Error Reporting Service across affected Microsoft Windows releases allows local users to gain SYSTEM access. Microsoft has not disclosed the faulty function, data path, or operation within the service that permits the elevation. Exploitation requires prior local low-privilege access and is bounded to privilege escalation on the affected host.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Windows Error Reporting Service across affected Microsoft Windows releases allows local users to gain SYSTEM access. Microsoft has not disclosed the faulty function, data path, or operation within the service that permits the elevation. Exploitation requires prior local low-privilege access and is bounded to privilege escalation on the affected host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-35795
- Published
- Aug 9, 2022
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 9, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19387
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