SYSTEM privilege escalation through undisclosed LSA flaw
Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Jan 2, 2025
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows LSA allows local users with low privileges to gain SYSTEM privileges. Microsoft has not published the affected LSA code path or the incorrect operation that enables the elevation. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, and success crosses the security boundary to full SYSTEM control.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows LSA allows local users with low privileges to gain SYSTEM privileges. Microsoft has not published the affected LSA code path or the incorrect operation that enables the elevation. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access, and success crosses the security boundary to full SYSTEM control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-38016
- Published
- Oct 11, 2022
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Windows Server 2019
- Classifications
- T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0.17763.0 <10.0.17763.3532
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