SYSTEM code execution via unchecked DCOM provisioning
Published Sep 13, 2022 · Updated Mar 11, 2025
Remote code execution in Microsoft Windows Enterprise App Management Service allows remote authenticated users to execute code as SYSTEM. The IEnterpriseModernAppManager ProvisionApplication method accepts caller-supplied application XML and provisions a signed MSIX package without an authorization check. Any local user can reach the DCOM interface; remote use requires membership in the Distributed COM Users or Performance Log Users group, and installed package services run with SYSTEM privileges.
Summary
What happened
Remote code execution in Microsoft Windows Enterprise App Management Service allows remote authenticated users to execute code as SYSTEM. The IEnterpriseModernAppManager ProvisionApplication method accepts caller-supplied application XML and provisions a signed MSIX package without an authorization check. Any local user can reach the DCOM interface; remote use requires membership in the Distributed COM Users or Performance Log Users group, and installed package services run with SYSTEM privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-35841
- Published
- Sep 13, 2022
- Updated
- Mar 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows 10 Version 1507
- Classifications
- T1068, T1210
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 13, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.10240.0 <10.0.10240.19444
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- ProvisionAppxfunctional · demonstrated
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