SYSTEM code execution via graphics object use-after-free
Published Sep 13, 2022 · Updated Mar 11, 2025
Use-after-free in the DirectX Graphics Kernel in Microsoft Windows allows local users to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. The kernel operates on a graphics object without first validating that the object still exists. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution on the target and elevates that code into the SYSTEM security context.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in the DirectX Graphics Kernel in Microsoft Windows allows local users to execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM. The kernel operates on a graphics object without first validating that the object still exists. Exploitation requires prior low-privileged code execution on the target and elevates that code into the SYSTEM security context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-37954
- Published
- Sep 13, 2022
- Updated
- Mar 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- 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.
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.3406
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